2026 Best Value General Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools in Tennessee

[General Communication Sciences & Disorders](/majors/health-care-professions/communication-sciences/communication-sciences-and-disorders-general/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for general communication sciences & disorders students.
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2026 Best Value General Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools in Tennessee
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the general communication sciences & disorders degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value General Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools
University Of Memphis earned the #1 spot for value among general communication sciences & disorders schools in Tennessee. Located in the city of Memphis, University Of Memphis is a very large public university. In-state tuition and fees average $10,728, with out-of-state students paying around $15,384. Students borrow a median of $26,315 to complete the general communication sciences & disorders program here. Early-career general communication sciences & disorders graduates make about $66,122. Set against $26,315 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. University Of Memphis admits about 72% of applicants.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.