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2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,888 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,369 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 492 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication sciences students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for communication sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences

Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for communication sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $9,773 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Illinois University is a great value for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

Full Communication Sciences at Northern Illinois University Report

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 3 spot on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $17,823 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UIUC also took the #4 spot in our Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

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#4

Rush University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rush University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, Rush University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rush University are $37,253 a year.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication sciences schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 255
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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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