Speech Therapy Schools In Michigan
Michigan has 8 accredited speech therapy schools where speech therapy faculty who teach speech therapy classes can find employment. The trends in Michigan'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:
- Bachelors degree in Speech Therapy
- Masters degree in Speech Therapy
- PhD degree in Speech Therapy
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Statistics
Professional Trends
Michigan Vs. National Speech Therapy Employment
| Michigan | 10,080 |
| National | 322,680 |
Approximately 2% of the country's speech therapy professionals work in Michigan state.
Employment Growth for Speech therapy professionals In Michigan
| 3,310 | 11,790 | 10,150 | 9,830 | 2,230 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Michigan, the field of speech therapy is shrinking. In Michigan, 1,080 less speech therapy professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of speech therapy has shrunk by 33% in Michigan. 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 Michigan
| $47,253 | $50,483 | $52,643 | $52,167 | $70,340 |
| $45,563 | $47,071 | $48,208 | $48,728 | $49,286 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Speech Therapy
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Michigan, as the number of speech therapy professionals is declining, the salaries earned by speech therapy professionals are increasing. Speech therapy professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $47,253 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $70,340 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Speech therapy professionals in Michigan
10th percentile |
$46,480 |
25th percentile |
$56,810 |
50th percentile |
$69,000 |
75th percentile |
$82,570 |
90th percentile |
$95,650 |
Thus, speech therapy professionals' salaries grew by 33% in 4 years. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. There is a 106% pay differential between the highest paid speech therapy professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket. Thus, there is huge variation in pay, within the field of speech therapy in Michigan.
Average Salaries for Speech therapy professionals and related professions in Michigan
Speech Therapy |
$50,617 |
In Michigan, 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 Michigan
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
8 |
master |
4 |
doctor |
3 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 15 |
The number of students graduating from the 8 accredited speech therapy schools in Michigan is increasing. In 2006, 354 students graduated from speech therapy courses in Michigan. And in 2010, 457 students graduated.
Thus there was a 29% percent increase in the number of speech therapy school degree or certificate graduates in Michigan. Most of these graduates, or 53%, earned a bachelor's degree in speech therapy.