2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Communication Sciences & Disorders in Washington

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communication Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Communication Sciences & Disorders is the 114th most popular major in the country with 6,987 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Washington, there were 145 general communication sciences and disorders graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 general communication sciences and disorders graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general communication sciences and disorders. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general communication sciences and disorders programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general communication sciences and disorders program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communication Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree communication science students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Communication Sciences & Disorders in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$13,297 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 96 bachelors’s communication science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best General Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UW Seattle is $13,297 for washington bachelor’s degree communication science students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Communication Sciences & Disorders at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$16,529 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communication Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s communication science degrees to qualified students.

WWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend WWU is $16,529 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Communication Science students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Communication Sciences & Disorders at Western Washington University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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