2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Illinois, there were 1,068 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the speech communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s speech communication degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Speech Communication at Northwestern University

#2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 6 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication (Income $75-$110k)

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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