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2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,126 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,369 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, communication sciences students earned 431 degrees and certificates from an Alabama school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

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.

The Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for communication sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Communication Sciences

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Our analysis found Auburn University to be the best value school for communication sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Alabama. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Auburn are $11,826 a year.

Auburn also made our Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #1.

Full Communication Sciences at Auburn University Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of South Alabama helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication sciences schools in Alabama. Located in the city of Mobile, USA is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USA are $8,426 a year.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,159
North Carolina 452
Tennessee 425
Georgia 367
Kentucky 321
West Virginia 199
Virginia 347
Louisiana 476
Mississippi 294
South Carolina 163
Arkansas 377

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 2 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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