Texas·Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations·SOC 29-1181

Best Audiologist programs in Texas, ranked by enrollment

Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training.

20 schools in Texas run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,467 people a year. The job pays a median of $93,570 in Texas across about 1,020 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledAudiologistClinical AudiologistAudiology Doctor (AUD)Educational AudiologistAudiology ExternHearing TherapistStaff AudiologistForensic Audiologist
Graduates / yr
1,467
in Texas
Median pay · Texas
$93,570
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,020
people employed
Schools
20
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
55%
across those schools
Median net price
$21,604
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Texas that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

3 programs in Texas that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Texas (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Texas page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 51.0201In Texas
1,237
84.3%
18$24,665$22,500
2
CIP 51.0204In Texas
165
11.2%
4$24,665$22,500
3
CIP 51.0202In Texas
65
4.4%
6$24,665$22,500

Top 20 schools in Texas

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 9 of the 20 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Baylor University
Waco, TX Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
337Communication Sciences and Disorders, General$38,17480%$35,68251%
2The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX Public · 3 feeder programs
194Communication Sciences and Disorders, General$26,57776%65%
3The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
150Communication Sciences and Disorders, General$22,28689%27%
4University of Houston
Houston, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
129Communication Sciences and Disorders, General$30,39565%74%
5Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
107Communication Sciences and Disorders, General$27,008
6The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
70Communication Sciences and Disorders, General51%94%
7Texas State University
San Marcos, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
66Communication Sciences and Disorders, General55%89%
8University of North Texas
Denton, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
66Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist$28,33761%72%
9Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
63Communication Sciences and Disorders, General$22,85342%91%
10Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
46Communication Sciences and Disorders, General$34,50953%94%
11The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
45Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist50%100%
12West Texas A & M University
Canyon, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
39Communication Sciences and Disorders, General55%99%
13Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, TX Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
38Communication Sciences and Disorders, General46%$18,564
14Texas A & M International University
Laredo, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
33Communication Sciences and Disorders, General46%44%
15Lamar University
Beaumont, TX Public · 2 feeder programs
25Communication Sciences and Disorders, General37%86%
16Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
21Communication Sciences and Disorders, General$21,55549%96%
17Tarleton State University
Stephenville, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
15Communication Sciences and Disorders, General48%90%
18The University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TX Public · 1 feeder programs
11Communication Sciences and Disorders, General54%94%
19Hardin - Simmons University
Abilene, TX Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
10Communication Sciences and Disorders, General46%$19,28590%
20Schreiner University
Kerrville, TX Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Communication Sciences and Disorders, General43%$21,60488%

All 20 schools in Texas

Every school in Texas with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Texas that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Baylor UniversityWacoPrivate not-for-profit3371
The University of Texas at DallasRichardsonPublic1943
The University of Texas at AustinAustinPublic1502
University of HoustonHoustonPublic1291
Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterLubbockPublic1072
The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburgPublic701
Texas State UniversitySan MarcosPublic661
University of North TexasDentonPublic662
Texas A&M University - KingsvilleKingsvillePublic631
Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdochesPublic462
The University of Texas at El PasoEl PasoPublic451
West Texas A & M UniversityCanyonPublic391
Our Lady of the Lake UniversitySan AntonioPrivate not-for-profit381
Texas A & M International UniversityLaredoPublic331
Lamar UniversityBeaumontPublic252

What audiologists earn in Texas

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Texas
$93,570
Mean annual
$98,780
Jobs in state
1,020
What the range looks like
10th pct$73,430Median$93,57090th pct$137,340
Versus the national median
-2.3%

U.S. median $95,780. Texas pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.82×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Texas

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$104,820median
110 jobs
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
$105,430median
210 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$99,420median
100 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$84,910median

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+9.5%
Much faster than average
Openings per year
700
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
1,500
15,800 → 17,300
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Audiologists page.

How to become a Audiologist

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Top skills

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionActive LearningCritical ThinkingSpeakingWriting

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Texas

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 4 majors mapped to Audiologists4 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 51.0201Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • 51.0202Audiology/Audiologist
  • 51.0204Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • 51.0299Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other

Common questions

Answers for people weighing audiologists programs in Texas.

What degree do you need to become an Audiologist?+

Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Communication Sciences and Disorders, General, which awarded 1,237 degrees in Texas in 2024-25, 84.3% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Audiologist?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. Together they graduate about 1,467 people a year in Texas.

How much do audiologists earn in Texas?+

The median is $93,570 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 2.3% below the U.S. median of $95,780. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for audiologists growing?+

BLS projects a +9.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Texas?+

20 institutions in Texas reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do audiologists work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Audiologist, Clinical Audiologist, Audiology Doctor (AUD), Educational Audiologist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-1181.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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