2024 Best Communication Sciences Schools in Tennessee
7Colleges in Tennessee
425Communication Sciences Degrees Awarded
$45,636Avg Early-Career Salary
Communication Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #47 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for communication sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 425 degrees in communication sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of communication sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for communication sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communication Sciences Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Communication Sciences in Tennessee
The schools below may not offer all types of communication sciences degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Vanderbilt University if you want to pursue a degree in communication sciences. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 39 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year. Those communication sciences students who get their degree from Vanderbilt University earn $12,237 more than the typical communication sciences student.
The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is a good choice for students interested in a degree in communication sciences. UTHSC is a small public university located in the large city of Memphis.
There were approximately 152 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at UTHSC in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the communication sciences program earn about $45,003 in their early career salary.
It is hard to beat The University of Tennessee - Knoxville if you want to pursue a degree in communication sciences. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were roughly 61 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Memphis is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in communication sciences. UofM is a very large public university located in the city of Memphis. A Best Colleges rank of #748 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UofM is a great university overall.
There were approximately 70 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent data year. Those communication sciences students who get their degree from University of Memphis receive $4,074 more than the typical communication sciences grad.
Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 40 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at ETSU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the communication sciences program make an average of $46,822 in their early career salary.
Tennessee State University is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Nashville. This university ranks 28th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 23 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee State University in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, communication sciences degree recipients generally earn an average of $47,306 in the first five years of their career.
Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro. This university ranks 12th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 34 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the communication sciences program earn about $28,367 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of communication sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for communication sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
