Program Overview

The School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences offers a Master of Arts degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, the entry level degree for the professions of speech-language pathology, speech and hearing science, and education of the deaf.

The School offers three M.A. programs/concentrations: the clinical program in Speech-Language Pathology, the * Education of the Deaf concentration, and the Communicative Sciences concentration. The clinical program is accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

The School no longer enters students into the M.A. Audiology program. Students interested in this area are instead encouraged to apply to the AuD Joint Doctoral Program.

Speech-Language Pathology M.A. students are admitted only in the Fall term of each year. Students with backgrounds other than speech-language pathology can apply for classified graduate standing (WOB: with other background). If admitted, the program will take 7 semesters or three years. Following the first year of prerequisite classes, students move directly into the two year program. Students with backgrounds in the field apply for the 5 semester or two year program (two academic years and the intervening summer).

See summary statistics for the Master of Arts program, including program completion, employment, and PRAXIS exam pass rates.

No students are admitted into post-baccalaureate status. Students with backgrounds other than speech-language pathology can apply for classified graduate standing (WOB: with other background).

*The School is suspending new enrollment in the graduate program in Education of the Deaf for an undetermined period of time. No applications to the master's program in Education of the Deaf will be accepted this year.