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2023 Most Popular Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Communication Sciences program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for communication sciences majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Nova Southeastern University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 25 students majoring in communication sciences at NUS Florida, 12% are male and 88% are female.

Full Communication Sciences at Nova Southeastern University Report

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

Women make up 85% of the communication sciences majors at the school.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

Women make up 95% of the communication sciences majors at the school.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at University of South Florida - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Memphis, UTHSC is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in communication sciences at UTHSC, 5% are male and 95% are female.

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#5

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 93% of the communication sciences majors at the school.

Full Communication Sciences at University of Memphis Report

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

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#7

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

Of the 12 students majoring in communication sciences at UF, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree communication sciences programs. Located in the large city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

University of Southern Mississippi did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for communication sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at University of Southern Mississippi

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree communication sciences programs. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in communication sciences at UAMS, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Full Communication Sciences at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Report

Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best communication sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 132
Florida 586
Georgia 170
North Carolina 221
Tennessee 263
Kentucky 171
Louisiana 213
Alabama 189
South Carolina 112
Mississippi 92
Arkansas 148
West Virginia 80

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 25 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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