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2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology in the Southeast Region

12 Ranked Colleges
35 Degrees Awarded
$30,100 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Speech Pathology & Audiology is the 103rd most popular major in the country with 7,841 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,927 speech pathology and audiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 speech pathology and audiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in speech pathology and audiology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in speech pathology and audiology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 12 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology in the Southeast Region

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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center landed the #1 spot on the list. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s audiology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

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Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s audiology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at Auburn

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region list. UAMS is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Pathology & Audiology at UAMS

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s audiology students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Vanderbilt Speech Pathology & Audiology Report

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University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s audiology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at University of Memphis

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s audiology degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 more about Speech Pathology & Audiology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s audiology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full USF Tampa Speech Pathology & Audiology Report

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Louisiana State University is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 2 doctorate’s audiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Louisiana State University Speech Pathology & Audiology Report

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

University of Florida ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s audiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Speech Pathology & Audiology at UF

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With a ranking of #10, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region list. UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s audiology degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at UofSC

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Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

Florida State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida State is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 1 doctorate’s audiology degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Speech Pathology & Audiology at Florida State

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Audiology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 13 doctorate’s audiology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Speech Pathology & Audiology Report

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