2025 Best General Communication Sciences & Disorders Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

General Communication Sciences & Disorders is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #233 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Communication Sciences & Disorders Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 doctor's degrees in general communication sciences & disorders during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Communication Sciences & Disorders School for Your Doctor's Degree

The communication science doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality communication science program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general communication sciences & disorders students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general communication sciences & disorders students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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 general communication sciences & disorders related body.

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

More Ways to Rank General Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools

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 Best General Communication Sciences & Disorders Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Communication Sciences & Disorders in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general communication sciences & disorders.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Communication Science

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general communication sciences & disorders. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.More information about a doctorate in general communication sciences & disorders from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at Austin is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general communication sciences & disorders. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general communication sciences & disorders from The University of Texas at Austin

3

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general communication sciences & disorders. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general communication sciences & disorders from University of Arizona

Best General Communication Sciences & Disorders Colleges by State

Explore the best general communication sciences & disorders colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	309	12
Arizona	171	3

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General Communication Sciences & Disorders Related Rankings by Major

General Communication Sciences & Disorders is one of 4 different types of Communication Sciences programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Communication Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Audiology/Audiologist	65
Speech Pathology & Audiology	23

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 Ghozt Tramp. More about our data sources and methodologies.