Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at San Diego State University

If you plan to study speech-language pathology/pathologist, take a look at what San Diego State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. Of the 514 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 137 of them were speech-language pathology/pathologist majors.

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.

SDSU Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
• Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

SDSU Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the speech-language pathology progam at SDSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The speech-language pathology major at SDSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Certificate Schools	4
Most Popular Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Most Focused Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Certificate Schools	6
Best Speech-Language Pathology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Speech-Language Pathology Master’s Degree Schools	117

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in speech-language pathology from SDSU. This makes it the #33 most popular school for speech-language pathology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Speech-Language Pathology Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Bachelor’s Program

The speech-language pathology program at SDSU awarded 137 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 6% of these degrees went to men with the other 94% going to women. The typical speech-language pathology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its speech-language pathology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	57
White	48
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

SDSU Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students graduated with a master's degree in speech-language pathology from SDSU. About 3% were men and 97% were women.

Of the students who received a speech-language pathology master's degree from SDSU, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the speech-language pathology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SDSU also has a doctoral program available in speech-language pathology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Communication Sciences & Disorders
• Audiology/Audiologist

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Speech-Language Pathologists	13,220	$93,510
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.