2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 21,991 people earned their degree in communication sciences, making the major the 48th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,716 and had an average of $35,422 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 227 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,867 and $49,874 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey doctor’s degree communication sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in New Jersey

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$18,972 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,015 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey list. Montclair State is a large school located in Montclair, New Jersey that handed out 12 doctorate’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Montclair State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montclair State are $18,972, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Montclair State

#2

Kean University

Union, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$22,318 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kean University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey list. This fairly large school is located in Union, New Jersey, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kean, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kean are $22,318, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Kean Communication Sciences Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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