2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, communication sciences students earned 860 degrees and certificates from an Illinois school, making the subject the 7th in the state.
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences
Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school 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 school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NIU are $11,390 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rush University is a great value for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large 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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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. 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 made our Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Ohio | 924 |
Michigan | 511 |
Indiana | 480 |
Wisconsin | 585 |
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Majors Related to Communication Sciences
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, communication sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
Communication Sciences Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Communication Sciences
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 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).
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