by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Arizona” 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 Arizona, there were 579 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,381 and $20,091 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,286 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 2 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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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arizona” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arizona”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arizona. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 11 doctorate’s communication sciences 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.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Sciences Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 doctorate’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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