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2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$27,327 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Plains States Region 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 the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for communication sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 per year.

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#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USD are $12,768 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend A T Still University of Health Sciences. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

A T Still University of Health Sciences graduate students pay an average of $42,128 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WSU graduate students pay an average of $15,323 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.

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#8

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa 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. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 a year.

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Washington University in St Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

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

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Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best communication sciences schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 326
Minnesota 160
Iowa 116
Kansas 100
Nebraska 68
North Dakota 65
South Dakota 29

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 9 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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