Speech Therapy Schools In Nebraska
Nebraska has 2 accredited speech therapy schools where speech therapy faculty who teach speech therapy classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in speech therapy in the state of Nebraska, which encompasses 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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Professional Trends
Nebraska Vs. National Speech Therapy Employment
| Nebraska | 970 |
| National | 322,680 |
Approximately 1% of the country's speech therapy professionals work in Nebraska state.
Employment Growth for Speech therapy professionals In Nebraska
| 840 | 880 | 1,630 | 940 | 970 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Nebraska, the field of speech therapy is growing. 130 more speech therapy professionals were working in Nebraska in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Nebraska, this field has grown by 15% in four years. This growth 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 Nebraska
| $38,010 | $25,953 | $37,437 | $38,100 | $57,800 |
| $41,032 | $42,024 | $42,027 | $44,097 | $45,233 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Speech Therapy
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to speech therapy professionals are growing in Nebraska. Speech therapy professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $38,010 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $57,800 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Speech therapy professionals in Nebraska
10th percentile |
$33,850 |
25th percentile |
$42,380 |
50th percentile |
$55,050 |
75th percentile |
$71,050 |
90th percentile |
$87,210 |
Thus, speech therapy professionals' salaries grew by 34% in 4 years. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Nebraska, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of speech therapy. The pay differential between the highest paid speech therapy professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 158%
Average Salaries for Speech therapy professionals and related professions in Nebraska
Speech Therapy |
$43,125 |
In Nebraska, speech therapy professionals earn, on average, more than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Speech Therapy programs available for each degree type for all schools in Nebraska
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
2 |
master |
2 |
doctor |
1 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 5 |
The number of students graduating from the 2 accredited speech therapy schools in Nebraska is increasing. In Nebraska, there were 76 graduates in 2006. And there were 87 graduates from speech therapy courses in 2010.
There was an increase in the number of speech therapy school degree or certificate graduates in Nebraska by 14%. 40% of these graduates received a bachelor's degree in speech therapy.