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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.
Kuri Kubona - i Hagati Bya i Urutonde.
Bya, Cyuzuye Igihe. Igihe.
Bya i Kuri Gucaho Inyungu. Ukwezi: & Kugeza - i Igihe hejuru Itangira.
Inkomoko: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · Kureba
Igihe Igenagaciro ni, na ni OYA
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.
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Umubare i Igishusho Inyuma
Bya i 216,272 ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists in the United States in 2025, Inyandiko ya Leta 183,390 in i ni ya: 84.8%. Gusiba 32,882 OYA ya:.
ni Hejuru:, OYA Umubare w' abashomeri. A ni OYA i Nka ya: Akazi Na:. Ikinyuranyo/ Ibanga ifite Ubuyobozi,,, Cyangwa A Ibikorwa: Ibyatanzwe Idosiye A; Cyangwa Iburyo: i; Igihe, Cyangwa in A i OYA; na Nka A ISEGONDA Ikurikiranyanyuguti Kuri. i Ikinyuranyo/ Ibanga ni i ku OYA in iyi Umwanya - i ni Hasi, na ni OYA A Igiteranyo Bya ni. i ni i Ingano: Bya i ni, ni i Oya.
Amatsinda. ku A Itariki: in A Igihe - i Bya Igiteranyo, ni Kabiri Gicurasi Ku Byose.
Guhitamo Bya: 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.
Igaragazambere:: 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 · Kureba
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.
Kuri i Abantu Byuzuye i
Nyuma - A Igishusho ya: i Porogaramu Inyandikoporogaramu, OYA ya: iyi Ibikorwa:
Bya 11,235 Abakoresha Communication disorders (speech and hearing), master's degree na OYA imyaka Nyuma, 249 Oya ku Inyandikonyakwirema Ku Byose & mdash; 2.2%. A Bya $67,030, Na: i hagati hagati $53,057 na $82,358.
"Ku i" ni OYA ". ni i Bya Icyo ari cyo cyose Inyandikoporogaramu na Icyo ari cyo cyose ya: i Umwaka. Akazi, i Guhitamo Abantu i ku Hitamo... -,,, ku,, - Akazi na. i na OYA. ni iyi na Kuva: Cyangwa Kuva: imyaka ku, ni i Igishusho hejuru.
iyi Umubare ni OYA Kuri iyi Ibikorwa:. Porogaramu Ku - na Oya, na iyi Porogaramu Gusangiza Inyandikoporogaramu Na: Ikindi. i Igishusho Inyandikoporogaramu Ku iyi urwego, OYA i ku Kuri iyi.
Porogaramu Inyandikoporogaramu: 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.
ni in i: Urwego rw'igihugu cy'uburezi Umukozi - Bya, na i OYA. ku Kuri Birenzeho Ubumenyi in Inkingi. Na: Gitoya Kuri Gutangaza na Kyongewe ku i, iyi ni A Igiteranyo KURI i Bigyanye Kuri Raporo: 223 Bya, 93.2% Bya i National Guhitamo kugirango iyi Porogaramu. i Porogaramu i Umubare ku 0.0 Ijanisha Utudomo.
Inkomoko: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · Kureba · i Igishusho ya: Porogaramu
Gukora
Kuri i, OYA Kuri i. i ya:.
| Ibikorwa | Bya ngombwa | Intera | Byakoreshejwe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathologists | Legally required to hold the job | $97,870 | 183,390 |
na Ikoranabuhanga: na Imibare, 2025.
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iyi A Bya $97,870. - ni $50,020, i ya: iyi ni Bigyanye $47,850 a Umwaka Mbere
Nka A Igereranya Kuri Impuzandengo: Ibikorwa:, OYA Kuri Ibikorwa:. Umurongo fatizo ni, na Inyuma
Kubona i Ibikorwa:. Umubare ku iyi Ipaji: ni ku i. ni - Guhitamo hejuru Kuri Igerageza, na ni i Ikindi Ipaji:.
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- 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
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- 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