2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2020-2021, 7,269 people earned their degree in general communication sciences and disorders, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 726 general communication sciences and disorders graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general communication sciences and disorders graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general communication sciences and disorders. That schools that top this list have a program in general communication sciences and disorders in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree communication science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Communication Sciences & Disorders in the Middle Atlantic Region

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University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

#11 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 5 doctorate’s communication science degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 University of Maryland - College Park

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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communication science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 more about General Communication Sciences & Disorders at University at Buffalo

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Communication Sciences & Disorders

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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