2025 Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 doctor's degrees in speech communication during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on speech communication students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other speech communication students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized speech communication related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for speech communication students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Speech Communication Schools

The speech communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Speech Communication in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in speech communication.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Speech Communication

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Kansas if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in speech communication. KU is a very large public university located in the city of Lawrence.More information about a doctorate in speech communication from University of Kansas

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in speech communication. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a doctorate in speech communication from University of Missouri - Columbia

Best Speech Communication Colleges by State

Explore the best speech communication colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

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Rankings in Majors Related to Speech Communication

One of 3 majors within the Communication & Media Studies area of study, Speech Communication has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Speech Communication

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland. More about our data sources and methodologies.