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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,355 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” 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 one of the most popular speech-language pathology/pathologist programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree speech-language pathology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kean University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate. Kean University is located in Union, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.
Full Kean University Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Teachers College at Columbia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s speech-language pathology students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Teachers College at Columbia University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. UD is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 doctorate’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full University of Delaware Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s speech-language pathology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Pitt
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Adelphi University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate. This medium-sized school is located in Garden City, New York, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s speech-language pathology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Adelphi
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