2022 Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Getting Aid

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Communication Sciences is the 48th most popular major in the country with 21,991 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,716 and had an average of $35,422 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 319 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,400 and $33,539 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington doctor’s degree communication sciences students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in Washington (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$69,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 16 doctorate’s communication sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at UW Seattle

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences (With Aid)

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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