2024 Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Communication Sciences is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #30 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 15 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for communication sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 181 doctor's degrees in communication sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Communication Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

The communication sciences doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality communication sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to communication sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of communication sciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for communication sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized communication sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for communication sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Communication Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for communication sciences students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences

1

Salus University
Elkins Park, PA

43 Annual Graduates

$75,056 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Salus University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in communication sciences. Located in the large suburb of Elkins Park, Salus University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Communication Sciences doctor's degree recipients from Salus University receive an earnings boost of about $5,379 over the typical earnings of communication sciences majors.

More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Salus University

2

New York University
New York, NY

1 Annual Graduates

New York University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in communication sciences. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from New York University

3

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

18 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in communication sciences. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

4

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in communication sciences. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from University of Maryland - College Park

5

Gallaudet University
Washington, DC

14 Annual Graduates

$69,868 Median Starting Salary

Gallaudet is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.

Doctorate students who receive their degree from the communication sciences program make around $69,868 for their early career.

More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Gallaudet University

6

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

12 Annual Graduates

The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from The Graduate Center, CUNY

7

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Montclair State University

8

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

5 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Syracuse University

9

Towson University
Towson, MD

12 Annual Graduates

$73,795 Median Starting Salary

Towson is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Towson.

Doctorate recipients from the communication sciences program at Towson University earn $4,118 more than the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Towson University

10

Adelphi University
Garden City, NY

5 Annual Graduates

Adelphi is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Garden City.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Adelphi University

Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best communication sciences colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	76
New York	174	44
Maryland	119	25
New Jersey	115	19
District of Columbia	81	17
Delaware	53	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Communication Sciences

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Communication Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Communication Sciences Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Audiology/Audiologist	123
Speech Pathology & Audiology	38
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	11
General Communication Sciences & Disorders	6
Other Communication Disorders Sciences & Services	3

Majors Similar to Communication Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	6,384
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	3,054
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	2,598
Dentistry	1,601
Nursing	1,338
Optometry	256
Chiropractic	188
Public Health	147
Mental & Social Health Services	42
Alternative Medicine & Systems	42

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ghozt Tramp. More about our data sources and methodologies.