by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist is the 128th most popular major in the country with 5,907 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 296 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in speech-language pathology/pathologist. To top this list, a school must have a successful speech-language pathology/pathologist program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emerson College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region. Emerson is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 148 ’s speech-language pathology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 36 degrees to qualified ’s speech-language pathology students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Sacred Heart University Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 29 ’s speech-language pathology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Worcester State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 25 ’s speech-language pathology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at University of Massachusetts Amherst
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s speech-language pathology degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, 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 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Elms College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region list. Elms College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Elms College
Bridgewater State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Speech-Language Pathology Major in the New England Region ranking. Bridgewater State University is located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 ’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.
Full Bridgewater State Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Report
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