2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in Iowa (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Iowa, there were 246 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,850 and $36,109 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication sciences 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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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 Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$78,343 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified doctorate’s communication sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Iowa Communication Sciences Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Plains States 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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