2022 Best Value Audiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Audiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 452 speech pathology and audiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 speech pathology and audiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 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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Best Value Audiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree audiology students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology in the Plains States Region

#1

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s audiology degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Wichita State University Speech Pathology & Audiology Report

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Audiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s audiology degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Full Iowa Speech Pathology & Audiology Report

#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Audiology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 12 doctorate’s audiology degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at Washington University in St Louis

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology

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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