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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas” ranking.
Communication Sciences is the 47th most popular major in the country with 22,298 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,173 and had an average of $22,255 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 1,724 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,757 and $21,968 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 891 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas” ranking looked at 19 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in communication sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree communication sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Our Lady of the Lake University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas. OLLU is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 26 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Our Lady of the Lake University Communication Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas list. TTUHSC is a medium-sized school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 73 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 70 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication sciences students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M International University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Laredo, Texas, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M International University Communication Sciences Report
Baylor University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 85 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking. UT Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 123 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Abilene Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas list. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Hardin - Simmons University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication sciences students in 2020-2021.
Full Hardin - Simmons University Communication Sciences Report
Texas Woman’s University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Texas Woman’s University is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 43 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Christian University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 24 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of North Texas came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Lamar University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Lamar University is a fairly large public school situated in Beaumont, Texas. It awarded 37 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication sciences degrees to 90 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #15. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 34 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Communication Sciences Report
University of Houston landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #17. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication Sciences at Texas State University
With a ranking of #18, The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
West Texas A&M University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Texas ranking. Located in Canyon, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication sciences students in 2020-2021.
Full West Texas A&M University Communication Sciences Report
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