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2025 Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges in Illinois
82 Doctor's Degrees
$81,410 Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #30 in popularity, communication sciences is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for communication sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 82 doctor's degrees in communication sciences to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Communication Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois Your choice of communication sciences for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for communication sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Communication Sciences in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in communication sciences.

Top Illinois Schools for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences

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Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in communication sciences needs to look into Northwestern University. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the communication sciences program state that they receive average early career wages of $82,034.

More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Northwestern University

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It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in communication sciences. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Rush University
Chicago, IL

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in communication sciences needs to look into Rush University. Located in the city of Chicago, Rush University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduating, communication sciences doctorate recipients generally earn an average of $80,786 in their early careers.

More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Rush University

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11 Annual Graduates

Illinois State University is a great option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in communication sciences. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in communication sciences from Illinois State University

Best Communication Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 149 33
Ohio 144 61
Indiana 132 35
Wisconsin 108 18

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Communication Sciences is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Communication Sciences Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Speech Pathology & Audiology 37
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 24
Audiology/Audiologist 17
General Communication Sciences & Disorders 4

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 1,391
Nursing 1,151
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 514
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 452
Dentistry 307
Optometry 163
Chiropractic 65
Alternative Medicine & Systems 39
Allied Health Professions 28
Other Health Professions 19

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