2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 7,524 people earned their degree in general communication sciences & disorders, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 685 general communication sciences & disorders graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general communication sciences & disorders graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general communication sciences & disorders. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general communication sciences & disorders.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree communication science students.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Communication Sciences & Disorders in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s communication science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about General Communication Sciences & Disorders at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Georgia General Communication Sciences & Disorders Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Communication Science Major in the Southeast Region. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s communication science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full WVU General Communication Sciences & Disorders Report
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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
- *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.
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