Communication Sciences is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #30 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of communication sciences. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 doctor's degrees in communication sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 communication sciences students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other communication sciences 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.
Student Debt - How much debt communication sciences students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized communication sciences related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for communication sciences students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in communication sciences. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the city of Tempe.
Those communication sciences students who get their doctor's degree from Arizona State University - Tempe earn $7,890 more than the average communication sciences graduate.
University of Arizona is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in communication sciences. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their doctorate from the communication sciences program report average early career earnings of $71,044.
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).
