2023 Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Speech-Language Pathology for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist is the 128th most popular major in the country with 5,907 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,163 speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Speech-Language Pathology for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in speech-language pathology/pathologist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality speech-language pathology/pathologist programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the speech-language pathology/pathologist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Speech-Language Pathology for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Speech-Language Pathology for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Speech-Language Pathology for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Nova Southeastern University is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s speech-language pathology degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying speech-language pathology list, NUS Florida has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 522 of the 20,888 students enrolled at NUS Florida were GI Bill® students, of which 335 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,213. In addition to receiving other benefits, 70 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. NUS Florida does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Speech-Language Pathology for a Doctorate list. Located in Valdosta, Georgia, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s speech-language pathology students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying speech-language pathology list, VSU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 12,304 students enrolled at VSU, 589 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 232 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,915. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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