2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology in the Plains States Region
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 a Master’s in the Plains States Region” 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.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 154 speech pathology and audiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in speech pathology and audiology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality speech pathology and audiology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the speech pathology and audiology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s audiology degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.
Missouri State also made our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified masters’s audiology students in 2019-2020.
UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. University of Central Missouri is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree audiology students list, UCM has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCM are $16,394.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 27 masters’s audiology degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa also made our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified masters’s audiology students in 2019-2020.
Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’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 University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193.
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With a ranking of #6, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 12 masters’s audiology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WUSTL are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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