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2023 Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

9 Colleges
$70,369 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 22,298 communication sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #9 most popular in the country.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences

Our analysis found Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to be the best school for communication sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Christian University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication sciences schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication sciences schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #7, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center 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 Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.

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#9

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Lamar University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

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Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,724
Arizona 462
Oklahoma 288
New Mexico 230

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, communication sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Communication Sciences Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Speech Pathology & Audiology 7,841
General Communication Sciences & Disorders 7,269
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 5,907
Audiology/Audiologist 1,032
Other Communication Disorders Sciences & Services 249

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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