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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Georgia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Georgia, there were 367 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,883 and $24,804 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,023 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Georgia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Georgia

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

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

1

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Valdosta, Georgia, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s communication sciences students in 2020-2021.

Full VSU Communication Sciences Report

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Georgia list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s communication sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read more about Communication Sciences at University of Georgia

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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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