Survey of Doctoral Programs in Communication:
Updated Report for 2001-2002 Graduates
By
Lee B. Becker, Tudor Vlad, Jisu Huh, Nancy R. Mace, and Hugh J. Martin
Abstract
In 2002-2003, communication was defined as a field using all the subfields of CIP general code
of 09 “Communications” and 10 “Communications Technologies. ” Also, the subfield of 23 “English
Language and Literature/Letters” called “Speech and Rhetorical Studies” (23.1001) was used.7 Ninetyfour
unique IPEDS entries were made for communication doctoral degree programs using these codes in
the academic year 2002-2003. These files contained those who received their degrees in the July 1,
2001, to June 30, 2002 period (Table 1). As the table shows, the most common classification was
“Communications, General,” accounting for 42 of the programs. Two were classified as “Advertising,” and
six were classified as “Journalism.” Nine were coded as “Mass Communications,” two as “Journalism and
Mass Communication, Other,” three as “Radio and Television Broadcasting,” seven as “Communications,
Other,” and two as “Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology.” The second largest group of
programs was for those classified as “Speech and Rhetorical Studies,” with 21 entries.
The 94 programs do not represent 94 unique universities. For example, the University of
Wisconsin–Madison filed data for graduates under the “Communications, General” and “Mass
Communications” programs. The University of Texas at Austin reported data using four different CIP
codes.
The copyrighted full text of the 2002 Doctoral Report is available here.