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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.
Chii chinoda mari kuti uwane — pakati pegumi neshanu yemari.
Mavhiki edzidzo, nguva dzose. Part-time zvinotora nguva yakareba.
Zvita zvemubhadharo wepremiyamu zvinodarika kuti zvibhadhare mari iyi. Hapana mwedzi kusvika wasvika kumashure zvakakwana. Kudzidziswa kwenguva iri pamusoro kunotanga.
Musoro: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · Kuona
Chii chinonzi chikwereti chinoratidza, uye chii chisiri
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.
Ndezvipi zvikonzero zvakaita kuti vanhu vaite izvi, uye ndezvipi zvikonzero zvakaita kuti vanhu vaite izvi?
Nhamba yemari iyo kambani yatoisa kunze
Mumwe 216,272 ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists in the United States Kuongorora 2025, federal employment records account for 183,390 — kushandira muzvirongwa zvayo — 84.8%. Chiedza 32,882 vanoita kuti zvive nyore kuongorora.
Chimwe chinhu chikuru chinoita kuti vanhu varambe vachirarama nehurema ndechekuti havana mari. Kuchengeta chitupa hachisi chinhu chimwe chete sekutsvaga basa nechitupa. Chikanganiso chinotiudza kuti munhu wese ainge apinda mubasa rekuva maneja, kudzidzisa, kutengesa, kuongorora kana basa rine chekuita nebasa iro rezvematongerwo enyika rakaisa pasi pebasa rimwe chete; munhu wese ainge adzokera kumusha kana ainge adzokera kumusha pasina kuisa pasi chitupa; munhu wese aishanda nguva yakati wandei, ainge anoshanda sechikwata kana ainge anoshanda semunhu wega munzira iyo tsvakurudzo yebasa yainge ya
Mamwe marudzi ese ezvisikwa anoramba achirarama. Holders pazuva pamusoro employment munguva — imwe mhando yehuwandu, iyo ndiyo chete chikonzero zviviri zvinogona kuparadzwa pazvinenge.
Chii chinosanganisira: 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.
Denominator: 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 · Kuona
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.
Chii chakaitika kune vanhu vakazodzokera kumusha mushure mekudzidza
Makore maviri mushure mekugadzirira — chiyero chekodzero dzemutauro, kwete yebasa iri chete
Of 11,235 vanhu vakagadzirira Communication disorders (speech and hearing), master's degree and were no longer studyingkudzidza fouryears makore maviri gare gare, 249 aiva nemari yakawandisa pabasa rake — 2.2%. Vaya vakashanda vakawana mari inosvika mamiriyoni maviri nemakumi mana nemana emadhora. $67,030, nepakati pegumi pakati $53,057 uye $82,358.
“Zvikwereti zvakaipa” hazvireve kuti “haasi kushanda”. Mubvunzo uyu unobvunza kuti vanhu vapi zvavo vanowana mari yemubhadharo kana kuti mari yemubhadharo yemubhadharo wemubhadharo wemubhadhar
Uye izvi chiratidzo hachisi chikuru chebasa iri. Hurumende yenyika inoburitsa zviwanikwa zveprogramme pa4-digit granularity uye hapana finer, uye izvi zvinodarika zveprogrammes vanoshandira kodzero yavo nevamwe. So figure inotaura munhu wese akatadza chero chinhu pasi pekodzero iyi pazera iri, kwete chete vanhu vakaenda kuita izvi basa.
Chii chinonzi code cheprogramme chinotaura: 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.
Chii chiri mu cohort: completers vakagamuchira federal mwana anobatsira - pamusoro hafu yeUS vadzidzi, uye imwe hafu havachaongororwa pano. Vanhu vakaenda kudzidza zviri muzvinyorwa. The Department anobvisa zvikoro ne cohorts zvishoma zvikuru kuburitsa uye anowedzera statistical nyoro kune vamwe, saka izvi ndezvimwe mari pamusoro zvikoro zvikuru zvakakwana kuti vaongorore: 223 yevaviri ava, 93.2% ye Department's own national count for this program. Kubvisa zvidiki kuzivisa zvirongwa zvinofamba rate ne 0.0 muzana mapoinzi.
Musoro: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · Kuona · iyo imwecheteyo nhamba yese yezvirongwa zvatinogona kuburitsa
Chii chinokubvumidza kuita
Mari inobva kubasa, kwete kudzidziswa. Izvi ndizvo zvidzidzo zvaunogona kudzidza kana iwe ukawana chitupa chekudzidziswa.
| Job | Inofanira kuitwa here? | Median | Mushandisi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathologists | Legally required to hold the job | $97,870 | 183,390 |
Median mari uye employment: BLS Occupational Kushanda uye Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Ichibhadhara here?
The basa izvi anovhura anobhadhara a median of $97,870. The employment-weighted median across every occupation we publish is $50,020, saka premium yekuchengeta izvi ndezve $47,850 a year before tax.
Ona kuti sekuenzanisa nechiyero basa, kwete kubasa rako. Chii chinonzi baseline, uye chii chinosiya kunze
Uye inofungidzira kuti iwe unowana basa. Kana iwe uchida kudzidza zvakawanda nezvekubhadharwa kwemari, tarisa kune yedu webhusaiti. Kana iwe uchida kuziva zvakawanda nezvekubhadharwa kwemari, tarisa kune yedu webhusaiti. Kana iwe uchida kuziva zvakawanda nezvekubhadharwa kwemari, tarisa kune yedu webhusaiti.
Chii chaunoda usati watanga
- 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
Usaite izvi kana
- 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
All credentials, by payback nguva · Maitiro ekuishandisa · Tarisa chimwe chinhu chimwe