The 50 colleges that score highest for Speech-language pathology on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern University | IL | Median earnings $89,363 (college-wide) · 12 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | New York University | NY | Median earnings $75,970 · 24 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $80,947 · 45 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | Boston University | MA | Median earnings $78,473 (field-wide) · 12 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $65,370 · 51 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $67,405 · 105 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $61,737 · 79 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $69,033 · 51 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $65,605 · 68 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | Median earnings $70,141 · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $59,050 · 98 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $57,797 · 106 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $63,436 · 38 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $62,072 · 124 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | FL | Median earnings $51,378 · 136 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | Case Western Reserve University | OH | Median earnings $87,582 (field-wide) · 15 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $67,180 · 80 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | Median earnings $62,119 · 60 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | Median earnings $60,199 · 81 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $61,510 · 139 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Baylor University | TX | Median earnings $63,909 · 89 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $60,312 · 38 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $90,346 (field-wide) · 75 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | University at Buffalo | NY | Median earnings $57,360 · 53 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $63,620 · 53 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Central Florida | FL | Median earnings $51,149 · 227 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of Iowa | IA | Median earnings $66,377 · 79 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $67,975 · 71 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Yeshiva University | NY | Median earnings $71,353 (college-wide) · 12 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $56,485 · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $55,508 · 71 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | Median earnings $75,137 · 61 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | University of Utah | UT | Median earnings $82,684 (field-wide) · 33 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Dallas | TX | Median earnings $49,834 · 75 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $73,806 (field-wide) · 53 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $61,534 · 41 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | Median earnings $61,713 · 48 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | James Madison University | VA | Median earnings $65,770 · 76 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $59,347 · 116 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | Saint Louis University | MO | Median earnings $63,475 · 27 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $55,630 · 72 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | University of Oregon | OR | Median earnings $60,504 · 53 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $53,532 · 89 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Hofstra University | NY | Median earnings $68,984 · 27 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Texas Christian University | TX | Median earnings $69,730 · 37 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Brigham Young University | UT | Median earnings $50,912 (field-wide) · 112 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $60,001 · 44 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Emerson College | MA | Median earnings $61,496 · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | University of Tulsa | OK | Median earnings $82,510 (field-wide) · 15 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $57,174 · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees |
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