by our College Data Analytics TeamCommunication Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at East Carolina University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in communication sciences, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at ECU paid an average of $1,119 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $297 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,749 | $17,898 |
| Fees | $2,787 | $2,787 |
Online degrees for the ECU communication sciences doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the ECU Online Learning page.
About 87.5% of the students who received their Doctorate in communication sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 85.8%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 12.5% of the communication sciences doctor’s degrees at ECU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 16%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Communication Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Audiology/Audiologist | 7 |
| Speech Pathology & Audiology | 1 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to communication sciences.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 52 |
| Medicine | 74 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 4 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 33 |
| Nursing | 59 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.