2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in New Jersey

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

In 2020-2021, 22,298 people earned their degree in communication sciences, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States. 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 New Jersey, there were 216 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,687 and $24,715 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,439 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication sciences.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in New Jersey

1

Kean University
Union, New Jersey

#17 overall quality in New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kean University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey list. Located in Union, New Jersey, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s communication sciences students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Kean University

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Montclair State University
Montclair, New Jersey

#8 overall quality in New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey. Montclair State is a public institution located in Montclair, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Read more about Communication Sciences at Montclair State University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences

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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