by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist is the 128th most popular major in the country with 5,907 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 710 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in speech-language pathology/pathologist. That schools that top this list have a program in speech-language pathology/pathologist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree speech-language pathology students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Xavier University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Saint Xavier University Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #2 spot on the list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Christian College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Trinity Christian is a private not-for-profit institution located in Palos Heights, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Trinity Christian College Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Northern Michigan University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan University is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Eastern Michigan
With a ranking of #6, Elmhurst University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Elmhurst University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Elmhurst, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Elmhurst University Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report
Ball State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Ball State University
Bluffton University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Bluffton, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Read full report on Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Bluffton University
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