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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology

8 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$6,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Audiology Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Speech Pathology & Audiology is the 98th most popular major in the country with 7,883 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 123 speech pathology and audiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in speech pathology and audiology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent speech pathology and audiology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the speech pathology and audiology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The audiology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree audiology students.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology

#1

San Joaquin Delta College

Stockton, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Joaquin Delta College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate. Delta is a fairly large school located in Stockton, California that handed out 14 associates’s audiology degrees in 2019-2020.

Delta did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,599 for associate degree audiology students per year to attend Delta.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at Delta

#2

Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Ana College landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Santa Ana, California, and it awarded 25 associates’s audiology degrees in 2019-2020.

SAC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $3,801 for Associate Degree Audiology students per year to attend Santa Ana College.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at Santa Ana College

#3

Orange Coast College

Costa Mesa, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Orange Coast College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate. Orange Coast College is a fairly large school located in Costa Mesa, California that handed out 15 associates’s audiology degrees in 2019-2020.

Orange Coast College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $3,178 for Associate Degree Audiology students per year to attend Orange Coast College.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at Orange Coast College

#4

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pasadena City College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate. Pasadena City College is a public institution located in Pasadena, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pasadena City College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Pasadena City College is $2,920 for Associate Degree Audiology students.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at Pasadena City College

#5

American River College

Sacramento, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American River College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate list. American River College is located in Sacramento, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 associates’s audiology degrees to qualified students.

American River also made our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for American River is $4,816 for associate degree audiology students.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at American River College

#6

Cerritos College

Norwalk, California
#6 in overall quality

Cerritos College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate ranking. Cerritos College is a public institution located in Norwalk, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cerritos College also made our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $4,022 for Associate Degree Audiology students per year to attend Cerritos College.

Read more about Speech Pathology & Audiology at Cerritos College

#7 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate ranking. Blue Ash, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s audiology degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UC Blue Ash College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash College is $13,430 for Associate Degree Audiology students.

Read more about Speech Pathology & Audiology at UC Blue Ash College

#8 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Clermont College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Audiology Schools for an Associate list. UC Clermont College is a medium-sized school located in Batavia, Ohio that handed out 2 associates’s audiology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Clermont College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UC Clermont College is $10,362 for associate degree audiology students.

Full University of Cincinnati - Clermont College Speech Pathology & Audiology Report

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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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