2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Speech Communication is the 17th most popular major in the country with 41,970 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Alabama, there were 590 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in speech communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality speech communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the speech communication program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 22 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188.

Read full report on Speech Communication at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k. UA is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Speech Communication at UA

#3

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this fairly large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s speech communication students in 2019-2020.

USA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USA are $16,112.

Read more about Speech Communication at University of South Alabama

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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