2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Speech Communication is the 18th most popular major in the country with 37,397 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across District of Columbia, there were 21 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,578 and $24,158 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in speech communication. That schools that top this list have a program in speech communication in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in District of Columbia”.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree speech communication students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in District of Columbia

1

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

#5 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gallaudet University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in District of Columbia list. Gallaudet is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Speech Communication at Gallaudet

2

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in District of Columbia list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s speech communication degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Trinity College Speech Communication Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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