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2025 Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges in Illinois
323 Audiology Degrees Awarded
Speech Pathology & Audiology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #103 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 323 degrees in speech pathology & audiology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Speech Pathology & Audiology School

Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Schools in Illinois Your choice of speech pathology & audiology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Speech Pathology & Audiology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Speech Pathology & Audiology Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Audiology
Master's Degrees in Audiology
Doctor's Degrees in Audiology

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Speech Pathology & Audiology in Illinois

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the audiology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Illinois Schools in Audiology

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In IL

Northwestern University is a great option for students interested in a degree in speech pathology & audiology. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were roughly 17 speech pathology & audiology students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in speech pathology & audiology from Northwestern University

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IL
119 Audiology Degrees Awarded

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in speech pathology & audiology. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.

There were roughly 119 speech pathology & audiology students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in speech pathology & audiology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
136 Audiology Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat Illinois State University if you wish to pursue a degree in speech pathology & audiology. Illinois State is a very large public university located in the suburb of Normal. This university ranks 8th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were roughly 136 speech pathology & audiology students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in speech pathology & audiology from Illinois State University

4
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In IL
51 Audiology Degrees Awarded

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a good decision for students interested in a degree in speech pathology & audiology. SIUE is a large public university located in the suburb of Edwardsville. This university ranks 31st out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were about 51 speech pathology & audiology students who graduated with this degree at SIUE in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in speech pathology & audiology from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 289
Michigan 915 100
Indiana 737 392
Wisconsin 672 195

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Speech Pathology & Audiology is one of 4 different types of Communication Sciences programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 310
General Communication Sciences & Disorders 291
Audiology/Audiologist 21

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