Program ranking · CIP 51.02 bachelor's · College Scorecard · Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

Best Colleges for Speech Pathology

Using U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data retrieved March-July 2026, these colleges rank highest on median earnings for Speech Pathology (CIP 51.02) bachelor's completers. Rankings use earnings only - not prestige, selectivity, or editorial judgment - and require at least 25 completers so tiny suppressed cohorts do not dominate the list.

Compiled by PlainCollege , College outcomes data analysis

$80,947
Highest speech pathology earnings: 100
Colleges ranked: $57,085
#100 cutoff

The list in one line

Every college on this list reports at least $57,085 median earnings for Speech Pathology bachelor's (CIP 51.02) completers. University of Washington-Seattle Campus leads at $80,947.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

$80,947
#1 - University of Washington-Seattle: $57,085
#100 - the cutoff to make this list: 25+
completers required per school: 294
US schools offering this CIP

Earnings are field-of-study medians for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled; see methodology for horizon and lag details.

University of Washington…

$80,947
CUNY Queens College

$78,281
California State Univers…

$75,137
St. John's University-Ne…

$74,937
Towson University

$72,365
Loyola University Maryland

$72,055
University of Redlands

$71,767
California State Univers…

$71,068
San Francisco State Univ…

$70,532
Texas Christian University

$69,730
Biola University

$69,087
University of Maryland-C…

$69,033
East Carolina University

$68,338
University of Georgia

$67,975
California Baptist Unive…

$67,621

What this shows Communication-disorders medians often reflect clinical and school-based pipelines - debt still matters because many roles expect a master's after the bachelor's.

The full top 100

#	School Name	State	Median Earnings	Median Debt	Completers
1	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$80,947	$12,542	82
2	CUNY Queens College	NY	$78,281	$11,000	104
3	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$75,137	$12,250	42
4	St. John's University-New York	NY	$74,937	$23,125	80
5	Towson University	MD	$72,365	$21,180	66
6	Loyola University Maryland	MD	$72,055	$27,000	60
7	University of Redlands	CA	$71,767	$24,000	51
8	California State University-San Marcos	CA	$71,068	$15,000	71
9	San Francisco State University	CA	$70,532	$16,500	51
10	Texas Christian University	TX	$69,730	-	35
11	Biola University	CA	$69,087	$26,522	50
12	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$69,033	$21,500	73
13	East Carolina University	NC	$68,338	$22,750	55
14	University of Georgia	GA	$67,975	$17,421	85
15	California Baptist University	CA	$67,621	$25,625	63
16	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$67,405	$20,500	99
17	Florida State University	FL	$67,180	$14,767	83
18	Texas State University	TX	$66,995	$18,524	41
19	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	$66,538	$26,000	65
20	Marquette University	WI	$66,501	$26,000	57
21	University of Iowa	IA	$66,377	$27,000	75
22	James Madison University	VA	$65,770	$19,500	82
23	La Salle University	PA	$65,759	-	30
24	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$65,694	$26,981	51
25	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$65,605	$20,500	83
26	University of Florida	FL	$65,370	$15,000	66
27	Eastern Washington University	WA	$65,245	-	28
28	Saint Xavier University	IL	$65,233	$15,000	27
29	California State University-Northridge	CA	$65,188	$15,823	104
30	Duquesne University	PA	$64,196	$27,000	28
31	Adelphi University	NY	$64,190	$24,032	30
32	Baylor University	TX	$63,909	$19,681	79
33	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$63,620	$22,375	52
34	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$63,436	$25,294	69
35	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$63,108	$16,941	28
36	Washington State University	WA	$63,052	$25,000	26
37	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	TX	$63,026	$12,794	94
38	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$63,013	$16,250	134
39	California State University-Chico	CA	$62,855	$16,148	58
40	California State University-East Bay	CA	$62,720	-	39
41	University of Arkansas	AR	$62,592	$22,421	80
42	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$62,575	$25,000	65
43	Illinois State University	IL	$62,510	$19,500	92
44	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$62,436	$14,750	160
45	State University of New York at Cortland	NY	$62,122	$20,187	48
46	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$62,119	$15,303	66
47	Central Michigan University	MI	$62,082	$23,250	62
48	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$62,072	$23,250	119
49	Temple University	PA	$62,061	$25,000	70
50	Western Washington University	WA	$61,802	$14,334	39
51	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$61,761	$8,000	137
52	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$61,737	$25,247	94
53	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$61,713	$24,500	49
54	Ball State University	IN	$61,677	$20,500	57
55	Kansas State University	KS	$61,621	$17,000	40
56	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$61,620	$20,537	40
57	University of Arizona	AZ	$61,534	$16,118	51
58	San Diego State University	CA	$61,510	$14,000	154
59	Stephen F Austin State University	TX	$61,476	$19,500	74
60	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center	OK	$61,404	$20,500	26
61	Southern Connecticut State University	CT	$61,336	$19,872	53
62	University of Wyoming	WY	$61,267	$19,500	30
63	Ithaca College	NY	$61,090	$24,403	29
64	University of Rhode Island	RI	$60,922	$20,505	59
65	Nazareth University	NY	$60,754	$27,000	28
66	University of Northern Iowa	IA	$60,509	$17,537	55
67	University of Oregon	OR	$60,504	$17,167	62
68	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$60,420	$15,750	51
69	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$60,312	$16,266	43
70	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$60,199	$20,250	53
71	Elmhurst University	IL	$60,158	$19,500	29
72	State University of New York at New Paltz	NY	$60,112	$20,500	65
73	Arkansas State University	AR	$60,039	$18,327	31
74	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$60,001	$23,102	57
75	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$59,896	$17,479	59
76	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	$59,624	$13,670	45
77	Texas Woman's University	TX	$59,564	$16,924	37
78	Portland State University	OR	$59,563	$21,480	51
79	University of Kansas	KS	$59,436	$22,250	57
80	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	TN	$59,407	$7,500	74
81	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$59,347	$16,394	74
82	Louisiana Tech University	LA	$59,081	$19,126	38
83	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$59,050	$19,500	78
84	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$58,362	$20,500	26
85	Wayne State University	MI	$58,291	$20,500	27
86	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$58,249	$21,500	29
87	Worcester State University	MA	$58,126	$20,564	34
88	Western Michigan University	MI	$58,023	$26,899	31
89	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	PA	$57,936	$20,709	27
90	Nevada State University	NV	$57,932	$18,581	29
91	University of North Texas	TX	$57,888	$17,750	94
92	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$57,862	$19,140	99
93	Western Kentucky University	KY	$57,844	$19,500	33
94	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$57,797	$18,425	106
95	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$57,508	$20,000	40
96	University at Buffalo	NY	$57,360	$20,500	67
97	Minnesota State University Moorhead	MN	$57,260	$20,029	41
98	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$57,196	$23,251	37
99	Utah State University	UT	$57,140	$12,647	332
100	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$57,085	$22,875	71

About This Ranking

Schools are ranked by College Scorecard field-of-study median earnings for Speech Pathology (CIP 51.02) bachelor's completers. Only operating schools with at least 25 completers and a published median are included. Ties break toward larger completer cohorts. For the full program profile - including every reporting school and national distribution - see Speech Pathology (bachelor's). Methodology lives on our methodology page.

Caveats and limitations

"Best" here means highest reported median earnings for the stated CIP scope - not teaching quality, licensure pass rates, clinical placement strength, or fit for any one student. College Scorecard's closest dedicated CIP for "speech pathology" search demand is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (CIP 51.02) - this list ranks that bachelor's CIP. Graduate SLP credentials are outside this bachelor's ranking.

Figures cover federally aided completers only, use Treasury-linked earnings, and describe a lagged cohort. Regional pay scales and graduate-school paths both move the median without proving a causal school effect.

This ranking is for informational purposes only and does not constitute academic or career advice. Earnings do not predict any individual graduate's outcome.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Rankings are computed directly from College Scorecard field-of-study data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals.