Speech Therapy Schools In Utah
In Utah, there are 4 accredited schools where speech therapy classes faculty can find employment. The trends in Utah'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
- Associates degree in Speech Therapy
- Bachelors degree in Speech Therapy
- Masters degree in Speech Therapy
- PhD degree in Speech Therapy
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Statistics
Professional Trends
Utah Vs. National Speech Therapy Employment
| Utah | 2,160 |
| National | 322,680 |
Approximately 1% of the country's speech therapy professionals work in Utah state.
Employment Growth for Speech therapy professionals In Utah
| 1,570 | 550 | 710 | 1,960 | 830 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Utah, speech therapy is a shrinking field. In Utah, 740 less speech therapy professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of speech therapy has shrunk by 47% in Utah. This is slower than the trend for speech therapy professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of speech therapy professionals has shrunk by 62% between 2006 and 2010.
Speech Therapy VS. All Professions salaries in Utah
| $40,220 | $42,315 | $43,515 | $44,960 | $63,870 |
| $40,990 | $43,308 | $44,832 | $45,796 | $46,619 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Speech Therapy
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Utah, 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 $40,220 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $63,870 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Speech therapy professionals in Utah
10th percentile |
$40,440 |
25th percentile |
$48,280 |
50th percentile |
$59,180 |
75th percentile |
$78,260 |
90th percentile |
$91,120 |
This represents a 37% growth in salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Utah, 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 125%
Average Salaries for Speech therapy professionals and related professions in Utah
Speech Therapy |
$49,073 |
Speech therapy professionals in Utah earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Speech Therapy programs available for each degree type for all schools in Utah
associate |
1 |
bachelor |
3 |
master |
3 |
doctor |
2 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 10 |
As the number of speech therapy professionals is decreasing in Utah state, the number of students graduating from the 4 accredited speech therapy schools in Utah state is increasing. In 2006, 228 students graduated from speech therapy courses in Utah. And in 2010, 311 students graduated.
There was an increase in the number of speech therapy school degree or certificate graduates in Utah by 36%. 30% of these graduates received an bachelor's degree in speech therapy.