2025 Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
32Doctor's Degrees
Ranked #86 in popularity, speech communication is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 doctor's degrees in speech communication during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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 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.
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 Plains States Region.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Speech Communication in the Plains States Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in speech communication.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Speech Communication
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).