2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England 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.
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 New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences
Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the best value school for communication sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Boston U is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great value for communication sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
Request InformationBest Communication Sciences Colleges by State
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 589 |
Connecticut | 226 |
New Hampshire | 82 |
Maine | 44 |
Vermont | 36 |
Rhode Island | 95 |
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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 3 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.