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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$22,334 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 425 degrees and certificates from a Tennessee school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Tennessee 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center to be the best value school for communication sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Tennessee. UTHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Memphis.

UTHSC graduate students pay an average of $15,529 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Communication Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center Report

#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

Out of the 4 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the # 2 spot on the list. UofM is a very large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $10,908 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Communication Sciences at University of Memphis Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. ETSU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Johnson City.

ETSU graduate students pay an average of $10,736 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Vanderbilt are $52,162 a year.

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

Full Communication Sciences at Vanderbilt University Report

Best Value Communication Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,159
North Carolina 452
Kentucky 321
Georgia 367
West Virginia 199
Virginia 347
Louisiana 476
Mississippi 294
South Carolina 163
Alabama 431
Arkansas 377

Communication Sciences is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Communication Sciences Focus Areas

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 4 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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