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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,872 people earned their degree in speech-language pathology/pathologist, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 350 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in speech-language pathology/pathologist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great speech-language pathology/pathologist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the speech-language pathology/pathologist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist in the Plains States Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Hays State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. FHSU is a public institution located in Hays, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend FHSU is $12,053 for plains states region bachelor’s degree speech-language pathology students.

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#2

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. University of Central Missouri is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCM, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $13,677 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Speech-Language Pathology students per year to attend University of Central Missouri.

Full UCM Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 47 bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Speech-Language Pathology students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report

#4

Fontbonne University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fontbonne University landed the #4 spot on the list. Fontbonne University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 10 bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees in 2019-2020.

Fontbonne University also made our “Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Fontbonne University is $15,961 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Speech-Language Pathology students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Fontbonne University

#5

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rockhurst University landed the #5 spot on the list. Rockhurst University is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree speech-language pathology students list, Rockhurst has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $21,116 for plains states region bachelor’s degree speech-language pathology students per year to attend Rockhurst University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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