Speech Therapy Schools In Georgia
Georgia has 3 accredited speech therapy schools where speech therapy faculty who teach speech therapy classes can find employment. The trends in Georgia's speech therapy academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in speech therapy includes speech therapy training at the following levels:
- Speech Therapy Certificate
- Bachelors degree in Speech Therapy
- Masters degree in Speech Therapy
- PhD degree in Speech Therapy
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Professional Trends
Georgia Vs. National Speech Therapy Employment
| Georgia | 5,830 |
| National | 322,680 |
Of all of the speech therapy professionals that work in the US, approximately 2% work in Georgia state.
Employment Growth for Speech therapy professionals In Georgia
| 5,960 | 4,970 | 5,130 | 4,870 | 2,250 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Georgia, the field of speech therapy is shrinking. There were 3,710 less speech therapy professionals working in Georgia in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 62% decline in the field. This decline is slower than the change in the number of speech therapy professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of speech therapy professionals has shrunk by 62% from 2006 to 2010.
Speech Therapy VS. All Professions salaries in Georgia
| $42,230 | $45,507 | $46,987 | $46,677 | $64,540 |
| $42,452 | $44,373 | $45,309 | $46,939 | $48,171 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Speech Therapy
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to speech therapy professionals are growing in Georgia. Speech therapy professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $42,230 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $64,540 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Speech therapy professionals in Georgia
10th percentile |
$40,660 |
25th percentile |
$50,920 |
50th percentile |
$64,040 |
75th percentile |
$78,000 |
90th percentile |
$91,200 |
This represents a 35% growth in salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. Within the field of speech therapy, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid speech therapy professionals earning 124% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Georgia state.
Average Salaries for Speech therapy professionals and related professions in Georgia
Speech Therapy |
$46,497 |
In Georgia, speech therapy professionals make, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Speech Therapy programs available for each degree type for all schools in Georgia
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
3 |
master |
3 |
doctor |
1 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 8 |
As the number of speech therapy professionals is decreasing in Georgia state, the number of students graduating from the 3 accredited speech therapy schools in Georgia state is increasing. In 2006, 172 students graduated from speech therapy courses in Georgia. And in 2010, 200 students graduated.
Thus there was a 16% percent increase in the number of speech therapy school degree or certificate graduates in Georgia. A majority of these graduates, or 38%, graduated with a bachelor's degree in speech therapy.