2024 Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 63 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 include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges 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 Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences

1

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
Provo, UT

28 Annual Graduates

$72,662 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in communication sciences. RMUoHP is a small private for-profit university located in the city of Provo.

Soon after graduation, communication sciences doctorate recipients typically earn about $72,662 in their early careers.

More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

6 Annual Graduates

$75,633 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in communication sciences. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population.

Those communication sciences students who get their doctor's degree from University of Colorado Boulder earn $4,242 more than the typical communication sciences grad.

More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from University of Colorado Boulder

3

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

10 Annual Graduates

$65,878 Median Starting Salary

University of Utah is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in communication sciences. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the communication sciences program report average early career wages of $65,878.

More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from University of Utah

4

Utah State University
Logan, UT

6 Annual Graduates

Utah State University is a great decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in communication sciences. USU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Logan.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Utah State University

4

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

6 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in communication sciences needs to check out University of Northern Colorado. University of Northern Colorado is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Greeley.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from University of Northern Colorado

5

Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Pocatello, ISU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Idaho State University

Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best communication sciences schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	123	12
Utah	104	44
Idaho	47	7
Montana	37	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	34
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	28
Speech Pathology & Audiology	1

Majors Similar to Communication Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	762
Medicine	551
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	473
Nursing	374
Dentistry	168
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	69
Medical Science	55
Allied Health Professions	27
Mental & Social Health Services	11
Public Health	8

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.