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

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 “Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate” 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 “Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communication sciences.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate

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

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

1

Montclair State University
Montclair, New Jersey

#8 overall quality in New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate list. Montclair, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s communication sciences degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Montclair State University

2

Kean University
Union, New Jersey

#17 overall quality in New Jersey

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communication Sciences Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Kean University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s communication sciences degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Communication Sciences at Kean University

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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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