2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Arkansas, there were 351 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,120 and $30,288 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$17,652 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s communication sciences students in 2019-2020.

UAMS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are $17,652, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 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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