2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Communication Sciences & Disorders 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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general communication sciences and disorders. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general communication sciences and disorders programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate

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

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

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

#11 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s communication science students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Communication Sciences & Disorders at University of Maryland - College Park

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s communication science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University at Buffalo General Communication Sciences & Disorders Report

• Most Popular 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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