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2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$27,569 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,369 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

Communication Sciences is the #29 most popular major in the country with 10,547 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for communication sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for communication sciences majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Illinois University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Communication Sciences at Northern Illinois University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.

Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Communication Sciences at Illinois State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Akron.

University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Communication Sciences at University of Akron Main Campus Report

#4

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.

Full Communication Sciences at Central Michigan University Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Kent State University at Kent is a great value for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 per year.

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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree communication sciences programs. Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Stevens Point are $19,209 a year.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#9

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #9, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Communication Sciences at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best communication sciences schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 255
Illinois 492
Ohio 445
Indiana 174
Wisconsin 268

One of 29 majors within the area of study, communication sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Communication Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Ghozt Tramp.

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