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Course Overview

The Master's of Arts degree is a two-year, six-semester program which starts in the summer semester. The program is designed to prepare professionals to provide evidence-based high-quality services to persons with communication and swallowing disorders. A focus of the program is to develop clinicians who are prepared to serve culturally and linguistically diverse populations across the life span. 

Students must have a bachelor's degree in communication sciences and disorders or speech-language pathology to apply to the graduate program. Students interested in the communication sciences and disorders graduate degree that have a bachelor's degree in a different discipline can complete the SLU CSD Leveling Option before applying.

SLU's Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders is a two-year graduate program with a typical class size of 30 to 40 students. Over the past three years, the program’s graduation rate is 97%, while the Praxis pass rate and the employment rate of the graduating class is 99%. Graduate students will complete a clinical practicum in each term; the program is six semesters, including two summers, and students begin the program in the summer semester.

Entry Requirement 

Program Direct1 Graduate Pathway
1-Semester 2-Semester
Program Requirements
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent
  • Minimum GRE or GMAT, if required by desired degree program
  • The degree program youselect may have additionalrequirements with which youmust comply
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent
  • Minimum GRE/GMAT/LSAT score, if required by degree program (at progression)
  • The degree program you select may have additional requirements with which you must comply
Minimum GPA Equivalent 3.0 2.7-3.0 2.7-3.0
TOEFL iBT 80 75-83 70-90
IELTS 6.5 6.0 6.0-7.0
IELA 176-185 (169-178 subscores in writing and listening) 176-185 (169-178 subscores in reading and writing/listening) 169-180 (162-173 subscores in reading and writing/listening)
Duolingo N/A 120-140 95-130
Academic English N/A N/A Level 5

Fees

  Graduate Pathway Graduate  Direct* Graduate  Direct Law** Graduate  Direct Business**
Program Length 1 Semesters 2 Semesterm 1 Semester 2 Semesters 1 Semesters 2 Semesterm 1 Semester 2 Semesters
Tution & Fees $19420 $33780 $11530 $22560 $22630 $44760 $10970 $21450

This information was accurate on : 19/12/2020
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