Speech Therapy Schools In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 17 accredited speech therapy schools where speech therapy faculty who teach speech therapy classes can find employment. The following statistics and charts help analyze the current state of the speech therapy academic community in Pennsylvania, and the future trends in speech therapy training at the following levels:
- Bachelors degree in Speech Therapy
- Masters degree in Speech Therapy
- PhD degree in Speech Therapy
Statistics
Professional Trends
Pennsylvania Vs. National Speech Therapy Employment
| Pennsylvania | 4,000 |
| National | 112,530 |
Approximately 4% of the country's speech therapy professionals work in Pennsylvania state.
Employment Growth for Speech therapy professionals In Pennsylvania
| 11,470 | 10,860 | 10,550 | 9,820 | 4,000 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Pennsylvania, speech therapy is a shrinking field. In Pennsylvania, 7,470 less speech therapy professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Pennsylvania, this field has shrunk by 65% in four years. This decline is faster 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 Pennsylvania
| $48,157 | $48,953 | $51,693 | $51,047 | $70,870 |
| $44,448 | $45,778 | $47,594 | $49,448 | $50,581 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Speech Therapy
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of speech therapy professionals is declining, the salaries paid to speech therapy professionals are increasing in Pennsylvania. In 2006 speech therapy professionals made a mean salary of $48,157 per year, and in 2010 they made $70,870 per year.
Salary percentiles for Speech therapy professionals in Pennsylvania
10th percentile |
$45,320 |
25th percentile |
$54,920 |
50th percentile |
$68,070 |
75th percentile |
$85,160 |
90th percentile |
$105,390 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 32%. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. There is a 133% 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 Pennsylvania.
Average Salaries for Speech therapy professionals and related professions in Pennsylvania
Speech Therapy |
$70,870 |
In Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
15 |
master |
14 |
doctor |
5 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 34 |
The number of students graduating from the 17 accredited speech therapy schools in Pennsylvania is increasing. In 2006 there were 878 speech therapy graduates from speech therapy courses in Pennsylvania and in 2010 there were 1,294 graduates.
Thus there was a 47% percent increase in the number of speech therapy school degree or certificate graduates in Pennsylvania. 44% of these graduates received a bachelor's degree in speech therapy.