by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 5,907 people earned their degree in speech-language pathology/pathologist, making the major the 128th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 748 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 134 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in speech-language pathology/pathologist. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in speech-language pathology/pathologist.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree speech-language pathology students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chickasha, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s speech-language pathology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abilene Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Southwest Region. Abilene Christian is located in Abilene, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 Abilene Christian
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 61 bachelors’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at OSU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Southwest Region list. Fort Worth, Texas 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 24 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s speech-language pathology students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at University of Central Oklahoma
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