2023 Most Focused Colleges for General Communication Sciences & Disorders in Colorado

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Colorado, there were 100 general communication sciences and disorders graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general communication sciences and disorders. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general communication sciences and disorders program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado communication science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for General Communication Sciences & Disorders in Colorado

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

#2 overall quality in Colorado

$48,893 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,305 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 81 ’s communication science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 CU - Boulder

2

Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

#23 overall quality in Colorado

$39,544 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,691 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 19 ’s communication science degrees in 2020-2021.

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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

• *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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