2025 Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

Speech Communication is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #86 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for speech communication students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 34 doctor's degrees in speech communication to qualified students.

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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 Virginia.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Speech Communication in Virginia

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

Top Virginia Schools for a Doctorate in Speech Communication

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is a great decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in speech communication. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in speech communication from Liberty University

2

Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in speech communication has to check out Regent University. Regent is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Virginia Beach.More information about a doctorate in speech communication from Regent University

Best Speech Communication Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Speech Communication Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	9
North Carolina	190	5
Georgia	190	9
Mississippi	154	7
Louisiana	146	5
South Carolina	135	5
Kentucky	119	7
West Virginia	61	1

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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.

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.