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CSD Education Survey Data At-A-Glance for Speech-Language Pathology Master’s Programs (Academic Year 2014-2015)
Institution Summary
263 institutions offer a master’s degree in speech-language pathology
45% of the speech-language programs are administratively housed in schools of allied health, health sciences, health professions and public health
33 is the mean student capacity for new admissions
5 semesters is the average time-to-degree
334 average number of graduate practicum hours obtained at off-campus sites
125 average number of graduate practicum hours obtained at on-campus sites
Applications and Admissions (number of applications across institutions; not number of individual applicants)
67,510 applications received
16,282 offers of admission
3.25-3.98 GPA mean range of students offered admission
17% offers of admission with funding
Assistantships and scholarships are the majority of the funding offered
Enrollment
8,063 newly enrolled students
4.98% of newly enrolled students were male
17% of newly enrolled students were of a racial ethnic minority
2% of newly enrolled students were international students
16,731 total enrollment
31% of programs reported insufficient clinical placements as having a moderate or major impact on enrollment with (18% and 14% respectively)
24% of programs reported student funding as having a moderate or major impact on enrollment (19% and 5% respectively)
Degrees Granted and First Employment
7, 539 master’s degrees in speech-language pathology were granted
School setting (pre-K-12) is the primary first employment setting among recent graduates
Data was based on an overall response rate of 92% (287 of 312) of the institutions completing the CSD Education Survey. No extrapolation was conducted.
Source: Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders & American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2016). Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Education Survey National Aggregate Data Report: 2014–2015 academic year. Retrieved from www.capcsd.org and www.asha.org.