Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 31,642.

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.

UMass Amherst Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

UMass Amherst Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Rankings

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Speech-Language Pathology Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of speech-language pathology master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in speech-language pathology each year. UMass Amherst does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a speech-language pathology master's degree from UMass Amherst, 72% 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 University of Massachusetts Amherst with a master's in speech-language pathology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Audiology/Audiologist
• 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Speech-Language Pathologists	4,060	$85,720
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230

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 Lion Hirth under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.