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

30 Colleges
$55,311 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication Sciences Master'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.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Communication Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 30 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Communication Sciences Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Midwestern University - Glendale the best school in the Southwest Region for communication sciences students working on their master’s degree. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glendale.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.

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#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree communication sciences programs. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

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

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Abilene Christian University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for communication sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree communication sciences programs. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

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Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best communication sciences schools 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 25 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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