2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communication Sciences is the 48th most popular major in the country with 21,991 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Tennessee, there were 469 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,625 and $35,717 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in communication sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication sciences programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Tennessee” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in Tennessee

#1

The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

Memphis, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$24,430 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$69,897 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communication sciences degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

UTHSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center are $24,430, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified doctorate’s communication sciences students in 2019-2020.

UofM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$25,679 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,392 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee. ETSU is a fairly large school located in Johnson City, Tennessee that handed out 12 doctorate’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at East Tennessee State University are $25,679.

Read more about Communication Sciences at East Tennessee State University

#4

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s communication sciences students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Vanderbilt

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region
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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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