Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at Appalachian State University

If you are interested in studying speech-language pathology/pathologist, you may want to check out the program at Appalachian State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and approximately 20,023 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist section at the bottom of this page.

Appalachian State Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Appalachian State Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Rankings

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Speech-Language Pathology Student Demographics at Appalachian State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech-language pathology majors at Appalachian State University.

Appalachian State Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 speech-language pathology majors earned their master's degree from Appalachian State. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in speech-language pathology each year. Appalachian State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a speech-language pathology master's degree from Appalachian State, 93% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Appalachian State University with a master's in speech-language pathology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• General Communication Sciences & Disorders

Careers That Speech-Language Pathology Grads May Go Into

A degree in speech-language pathology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Speech-Language Pathologists	4,430	$75,310

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.