2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in District of Columbia

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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 District of Columbia, there were 136 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,584 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in District of Columbia

1

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

#5 overall quality in District of Columbia

$69,868 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s communication sciences degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Gallaudet University

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in District of Columbia list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 3 doctorate’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%.

Read more about Communication Sciences at Howard

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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