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

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 doctor's degrees in speech communication during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to speech communication students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of speech communication students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized speech communication related body.

Our full 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Southwest Region.

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

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Speech Communication

1

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at Austin is a good choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in speech communication. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the city of Austin.More information about a doctorate in speech communication from The University of Texas at Austin

2

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, OK

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in speech communication needs to check out University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a very large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.More information about a doctorate in speech communication from University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Best Speech Communication Colleges by State

Explore the best speech communication schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	309	4
Arizona	171	16
Oklahoma	124	5

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Speech Communication Related Rankings by Major

Speech Communication is one of 3 different types of Communication & Media Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Speech Communication

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	17
Communications	3

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.