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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.

$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.

Top 15 speech pathology programs by median completer earnings

Speech Pathology bachelor's (CIP 51.02) · higher is higher early-career pay

median earnings

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.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study As of Mar-Jul 2026 retrievals

The full top 100

# School Name StateMedian EarningsMedian DebtCompleters
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.