Kugwirizana
Speech-language pathologist licence
A master's degree, a supervised clinical fellowship and a national exam, for one of the highest employed-share figures on this site.
Kodi ndi ndalama kuti ayambe — m'katikati mwa theka la mlingo.
Miyezi yophunzitsa, nthawi zonse. Nthawi yowonjezera imatenga nthawi yayitali.
Miyezi ya ndalama zofunika kuti zikwaniritse ndalamazo. Si mwezi mpaka mutafika patsogolo pa zonse - nthawi yophunzitsa pamwamba imayamba.
Choyamba: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · Kuwonetsa
Chiyani kuti mtengo chiwonetsero ndi, ndi zimene si
The federal programme code here, CIP 51.02, covers speech-language pathology together with audiology. At master's level it is overwhelmingly speech-language pathology, because audiology moved to a clinical doctorate, so the blending is mild — but it is blending. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.
Two years of full-time graduate study after a bachelor's degree, then a supervised clinical fellowship of about nine months and the Praxis examination before full licensure.
State licences renew every one to two years; ASHA certification requires 30 hours of continuing education every three years and an annual fee.
Kodi anthu ambiri ali ndi izi, ndi mmene ambiri akugwira ntchito m'munda
Mtengo wa ndalama zomwe ndalamazo zimatenga
ya 216,272 ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists in the United States Kuwerengedwa 2025, Federal ntchito zolemba akaunti kwa 183,390 ntchito m'mabungwe amene ndi kwa — 84.8%. Kubwerera 32,882 oyang'anira izo sizikutanthauza.
Mtundu wa mfundoyi ndi wosiyana ndi mfundo ya mfundo yopanda malire. Kukhala ndi chitsimikizo sichifanana ndi kufunsa ntchito ndicho. Mkangano umaphatikizapo aliyense amene anasamukira ku bungwe, kuphunzitsa, malonda, kuyeza kapena ntchito yokhudzana ndi zomwe zigawo za federal data pansi pa ntchito ina; aliyense amene adachoka kapena adachoka popanda kuchotsa chitsimikizo; aliyense amene akugwira ntchito nthawi yambiri, agency kapena wogwira ntchito yekha m'njira yomwe kafukufuku wa ntchito sakujambula; ndi aliyense amene akuchitira ngati mzere wachiwiri wa ntchito ina. Choncho mkangano ndi CEILING pa momwe anthu ambiri ophunzira sakugwira ntchito m'malowa - chiwonetsero chabwino ndichabwino, ndipo sichiwerengera aliyense amene sagwira ntchito. Zimene awiriwa amakhazikitsa ndi kukula kwa pool chiwonetsero cha ndalama chosindikizidwa chimalankhula za, chomwe ndi chinthu chomwe sichilipira malo owonetsera.
Madera awiriwa ndi osiyana kwambiri. Oyang’anira pa tsiku lotsutsa ntchito munthawi - chimodzimodzi mtundu wa kuchuluka, amene ndi chifukwa chokha awiri angagawidwe pa zonse.
Zomwe kuti kuwerengetsa amaphatikizapo: People, from ASHA's year-end count of 218,646 speech-language pathologists, less the 2,374 based outside the United States. Audiologists are counted separately and are not in this number. One caveat travels with it: ASHA is a membership and certification body, not a licensing board, so this is a count of people holding its certificate rather than of people licensed by a state. The two overlap heavily — the certificate is the usual basis for state licensure — but they are not the same set, and it includes people certified and not working.
Mtundu: ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists in the United States = 216,272 (Standing count of people holding the credential, as at 31 December 2025) · ASHA, 2025 Member and Affiliate Profile, Tables 1 and 3 · Kuwonetsa
This is one of the tighter pairings on the site, and the reason is that almost everyone who practises holds the ASHA certificate — it is the usual basis for a state licence rather than a parallel credential. The remainder is mostly people certified and not currently working, plus a smaller number practising under a state licence without maintaining ASHA certification, who push the true figure the other way.
Kodi chinachitika kwa anthu amene anamaliza maphunziro
Miyezi itatu pambuyo kumaliza - chifaniziro cha code pulogalamu, si kwa ntchitoyi yekha
ya 11,235 anthu amene anamaliza Communication disorders (speech and hearing), master's degree ndi sanali kuphunzira kwa zaka zitatu zapitazo, 249 analibe ndalama pa record pa zonse — 2.2%. Omwe anali ntchito analandira median ya $67,030, ndi pakati pa theka pakati $53,057 ndi $82,358.
“Sitikulimbikitsidwa” sikuti “osagwira ntchito”. Mtengo wa ndalama za ntchito za anthu amene amaliza maphunzirowa ndi 1000
Ndipo izi chiwonetsero si zosiyana ndi ntchitoyi. Mtsogoleri wa dziko lino amafalitsa zotsatira za pulogalamu pa granularity zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi palibe finer, ndipo izi chitsimikizo's mapulogalamu kugawana code awo ndi ena. Choncho chithunzichi amafotokoza aliyense amene anamaliza chilichonse pansi pa code pankhaniyi, si anthu okha amene anapita pa kuchita ntchitoyi.
Kodi kuti pulogalamu code amaphatikizapo: CIP 51.02 covers speech-language pathology and audiology together. At master's level it is overwhelmingly speech-language pathology, because audiology moved to a clinical doctorate; at bachelor's level it is a pre-professional degree that qualifies you for neither on its own, which is worth knowing before enrolling.
Kodi ndi ndani m’gululi: Kuphatikiza apo, 100% ya completers amene analandira federal mwana wasukulu thandizo - pafupifupi theka la US undergraduates, ndi theka lina sizimawerengedwa pano. Anthu amene anapita kuphunzira zambiri ndi m'modzi mwa bokosi. Department amaletsa mabungwe ndi cohorts kwambiri ochepa kuti asindikize ndi awonjezera kusowa kwa ziweto kwa ena, kotero izi ndi ndalama pa mabungwe lalikulu kwambiri kuti adziwitse: 223 a iwo, kuchira 93.2% 100% ya ndalama za msonkho wa dziko la Malawi. Kuwononga ochepa zolinga zolemba amasintha mtengo ndi 0.0 peresenti mapoints.
Choyamba: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · Kuwonetsa · chiwonetsero chimodzimodzi kwa aliyense pulogalamu titha kufalitsa
Zimene zimakulola kuchita
Mtengo wa ntchitoyo umadalira ntchitoyo, si chitsimikizo. Izi ndi ntchito zomwe chitsimikizocho chikukupatsani.
| Job | Kodi ndi zofunika? | Median | Ogwira ntchito |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathologists | Legally required to hold the job | $97,870 | 183,390 |
Mtengo wapakati pa ndalama ndi ntchito: BLS Occupational Employment ndi Statistics ya Mtengo, May 2025.
Kodi amalipira yekha?
Ntchito imeneyi unlocks amalipira median ya $97,870. The ntchito-wolemera median m'madera onse ntchito tikufalitsa ndi $50,020, choncho premium kwa ku Holding izi ndi za $47,850 chaka chimodzi pambuyo pa tax.
Onani kuti monga kuyerekezera ndi ntchito yosawerengeka, si ntchito yanu. Chiyani kuti baseline ndi, ndi zimene amasiya kunja
Ndipo amaganiza inu mupeza ntchito. M'malo mwake, pali mfundo yoti mfundo ya 100% ya ndalama zolipira patsamba lino ndi yoyenera kulipira ndalama zolipira patsamba lino.
Zomwe muyenera kuchita musanayambe
- A bachelor's degree, with prerequisite coursework if it was in another field
- A place on an accredited master's programme
- A supervised clinical fellowship
- A pass in the Praxis examination in speech-language pathology
Musachite izi ngati
- you need to start earning immediately — the clinical fellowship year is paid, but at a fraction of the licensed rate
- you are assuming school employment means school holidays on full pay; most school contracts are for the academic year only
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