Graduate Degrees in Speech-Language Pathology Accredited by ASHA’s Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)

A CAA-accredited graduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology or Communicative Sciences and Disorders is your key to professional practice.

Wherever a career in speech-language pathology may take you, it always begins with a master’s degree accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).

Earning a CAA-accredited SLP master’s degree is designed to prepare you to sit for American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) National Examination in Speech Language Pathology and qualify you for state licensure. That means it also meets the education requirements for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) designation through the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA).

Required by a number of states as a condition for licensure, recognized by many more as a standardized path that meets or exceeds licensing requirements, and widely regarded as a valuable addition to any speech-language therapist’s resume, the CCC-SLP is the gold standard credential for professional speech therapists.

CAA-Accreditation Standards for SLP Programs

The Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) is the semi-autonomous accrediting arm of ASHA.

CAA accreditation serves as ASHA’s stamp of approval for SLP graduate programs that meet the specific curriculum requirements that prepare graduates for CCC-SLP certification. By enrolling in a CAA-accredited master’s program, you know you’ll be gaining the core set of knowledge and skills it takes to deliver for your patients at the highest level of professional practice.

CAA-accreditation is based on six program components:

• Administrative structure and governance
• Faculty
• Curriculum
• Students
• Assessment
• Program resources

CAA-accredited graduate programs are recognized as having certain universal attributes that allow them to qualify for this distinguished program-level accreditation:

• Regionally accredited
• Regularly perform internal evaluations to reassess program goals and how those goals are achieved
• Have a long-term strategic plan in place for the program
• Administered by professional, qualified faculty who maintain continuing education requirements, including a program director who holds a graduate degree in speech-language pathology
• Ensure that the student clinic serves patients in a nondiscriminatory manner and that all clinical education is monitored
• Provide current, accurate information to the public about the program
• Ensure that the curriculum is consistent with the goals of the university and based in scientific and research foundations
• Provide student advisement on a regular basis
• Conduct ongoing and systematic assessments of student performance

Learn more about how CAA’s accreditation standards help ensure graduates enter practice fully prepared for the demands of the profession.

CAA-Accredited Speech-Pathology Master’s Programs by State

Schools around the country offer CAA-accredited master’s degrees in SLP online, as hybrid programs that blend on-campus and online study, and through traditional campus-based programs.

School profiles in the ASHA EdFind searchable database are updated annually based on information collected through the CSD Education Survey.

Research and clinically focused doctorate programs are available through schools offering CAA-Accredited master’s programs as shown here; however, programmatic accreditation through the Council on Academic Accreditation only applies to master’s programs in SLP and CSD.

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Alabama A&M University — Normal

• MS in SLP

Auburn University — Auburn

• MS in SLP

Auburn University — Montgomery

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

Faulkner University — Montgomery

• MA, MS in SLP
• Online available

Samford University — Birmingham

• MS in SLP

University of Alabama — Tuscaloosa

• MS in SLP

University of Montevallo — Montevallo

• MS in SLP

University of South Alabama — Mobile

• MS in SLP

There are no graduate educational programs in SLP at this time.

A.T. Still University – Arizona School of Health Sciences (SLP) — Mesa

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Arizona State University — Tempe

• MS in SLP

Grand Canyon University — Phoenix

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

Midwestern University, Arizona — Glendale

• MS in SLP

Northern Arizona University — Flagstaff

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of Arizona — Tucson

• MS in SLP

Arkansas State University — State University

• Master of Communications Disorders in SLP

Harding University — Searcy

• MS in SLP

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock

• MS in SLP

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville — Fayetteville

• MS in SLP

University of Central Arkansas — Conway

• MCD in SLP

Biola University — La Mirada

• MS in SLP

California Baptist University — Riverside

• MS in SLP

California State University, Chico — Chico

• MA in SLP

California State University, East Bay — Hayward

• MS in SLP
• Online available

California State University, Fresno — Fresno

• MA in SLP

California State University, Fullerton — Fullerton

• MA in SLP

California State University, Long Beach — Long Beach

• MA in SLP

California State University, Los Angeles — Los Angeles

• MA in SLP

California State University, Monterey Bay — Seaside

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

California State University, Northridge — Northridge

• MS in SLP
• Online available

California State University, Sacramento — Sacramento

• MS in SLP

California State University, San Marcos — San Marcos

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Chapman University — Irvine

• MS in SLP

Loma Linda University — Loma Linda

• MS in SLP

Pepperdine University — Malibu

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

San Diego State University — San Diego

• MA in SLP

San Francisco State University — San Francisco

• MS in SLP

San Jose State University – SLP Program — San Jose

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of Redlands — Redlands

• MS in SLP

University of Southern California — Los Angeles

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

University of the Pacific – SLP Program — Stockton

• MS in SLP

Metropolitan State University of Denver — Denver

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

University of Colorado, Boulder — Boulder

• MA in SLP

University of Northern Colorado — Greeley

• MA in SLP
• Online available

Sacred Heart University — Fairfield

• MS in SLP

Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven

• MS in SLP

University of Connecticut — Storrs

• MA in SLP

University of New Haven — West Haven

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

University of Delaware — Newark

• MA in SLP

Gallaudet University

• MS in SLP

George Washington University

• MA in SLP

Howard University

• MS in SLP

University of the District of Columbia

• MS in SLP

Albizu University Miami Campus — Doral

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Florida Atlantic University — Boca Raton

• MS in SLP

Florida International University — Miami

• MS in SLP

Florida State University — Tallahassee

• Masters in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Online available

Gannon University — Ruskin

• MS in SLP

Jacksonville University — Jacksonville

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Nova Southeastern University – SLP Program — Fort Lauderdale

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of Central Florida — Orlando

• MA in SLP

University of Florida, Gainesville — Gainesville

• MA in SLP

University of South Florida — Tampa

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Georgia Southern University — Savannah

• MS in SLP

Georgia State University — Atlanta

• MS in SLP

Piedmont University — Demorest

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

University of Georgia — Athens

• MA, MEd in SLP

University of West Georgia — Carrollton

• MEd in SLP

Valdosta State University — Valdosta

• MEd in Communication Disorders

University of Hawaii at Manoa — Honolulu

• MS in SLP

Idaho State University — Pocatello

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Augustana College (IL) — Rock Island

• MS in SLP

DePaul University — Chicago

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Eastern Illinois University — Charleston

• MS in SLP

Elmhurst University — Elmhurst

• MS in SLP

Governors State University — University Park

• Master of Health Science in Communication Disorders

Illinois State University — Normal

• MS, MA in SLP

Lewis University — Romeoville

• MS in SLP

Midwestern University, Illinois — Downers Grove

• MS in SLP

Northern Illinois University — DeKalb

• MA in SLP

Northwestern University — Evanston

• MS in SLP

Rush University — Chicago

• MS in SLP

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale — Carbondale

• MS in SLP

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville — Edwardsville

• MS in SLP

St. Xavier University — Chicago

• MS in SLP

University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign — Champaign

• MA in SLP

Western Illinois University — Macomb

• MS in SLP

Ball State University — Muncie

• MA in SLP

Indiana State University — Terre Haute

• MS in SLP

Indiana University South Bend — Elkhart

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Indiana University, Bloomington — Bloomington

• MA in SLP

Purdue University — West Lafayette

• MS in SLP

Purdue University Fort Wayne — Fort Wayne

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Saint Mary’s College — Notre Dame

• MS in SLP

St. Ambrose University — Davenport

• MS in SLP

University of Iowa — Iowa City

• MA in SLP

University of Northern Iowa — Cedar Falls

• MA in SLP

Fort Hays State University — Hays

• MS in SLP

Kansas State University — Manhattan

• MS in SLP

University of Kansas — Kansas City

• MA in SLP

Wichita State University — Wichita

• MA in SLP

Brescia University — Owensboro

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

Eastern Kentucky University — Richmond

• MA in SLP

Murray State University — Murray

• MS in SLP

University of Kentucky — Lexington

• MS in SLP

University of Louisville — Louisville

• MS in SLP

Western Kentucky University — Bowling Green

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Louisiana State University – Health Science Center, New Orleans — New Orleans

• Masters of Communication Disorders in SLP

Louisiana State University – Health Sciences Center, Shreveport — Shreveport

• Master of Communication Disorders

Louisiana State University and A&M College — Baton Rouge

• MA in SLP

Louisiana Technical University — Ruston

• MA in SLP

Southeastern Louisiana University — Hammond

• MS in SLP

Southern University and A&M College — Baton Rouge

• MS in SLP (on probation)

University of Louisiana, Lafayette — Lafayette

• MS in SLP

University of Louisiana, Monroe — Monroe

• MS in SLP

Xavier University of Louisiana — New Orleans

• MS in SLP

University of Maine, Orono — Orono

• MA in SLP

Loyola University Maryland — Baltimore

• MS in SLP

Towson University — Towson

• MS in SLP

University of Maryland, College Park — College Park

• MA in SLP

Boston University — Boston

• MS in SLP

Bridgewater State University — Bridgewater

• MS in SLP

Emerson College — Boston

• MS in SLP
• Online available

MGH Institute of Health Professions — Boston

• MS in SLP

Northeastern University — Boston

• MS in SLP

Regis College — Weston

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst — Amherst

• MA in SLP

Worcester State University — Worcester

• MS in SLP

Andrews University — Berrien Springs

• MS in SLP

Calvin University — Grand Rapids

• MA in SLP
• Online available

Central Michigan University — Mt Pleasant

• MA in SLP

Eastern Michigan University — Ypsilanti

• MA in SLP

Grand Valley State University — Grand Rapids

• MS in SLP

Michigan State University — East Lansing

• MA in SLP

Wayne State University — Detroit

• MA in SLP

Western Michigan University — Kalamazoo

• MA in SLP

Minnesota State University, Mankato — Mankato

• MS in SLP

Minnesota State University, Moorhead — Moorhead

• MS in SLP

St. Cloud State University — St. Cloud

• MS in SLP

University of Minnesota Duluth — Duluth

• MA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis — Minneapolis

• MA in SLP

Jackson State University — Jackson

• MS in SLP

Mississippi University for Women — Columbus

• MS in SLP

University of Mississippi — University

• MS in SLP

University of Southern Mississippi — Hattiesburg

• MS, MA in SLP

Maryville University — St. Louis

• MS in SLP

Missouri State University — Springfield

• MS in SLP

Rockhurst University — Kansas City

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Saint Louis University — St Louis

• MS in SLP

Southeast Missouri State University — Cape Girardeau

• MA in SLP

Truman State University — Kirksville

• MA in SLP

University of Central Missouri — Warrensburg

• MS in SLP

University of Missouri — Columbia

• MHS in SLP

University of Montana — Missoula

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of Nebraska, Kearney — Kearney

• MSEd in SLP
• Online available

University of Nebraska, Lincoln — Lincoln

• MS in SLP

University of Nebraska, Omaha — Omaha

• MS in SLP

Nevada State University — Henderson

• MEd in SLP

University of Nevada, Reno — Reno

• MS in SLP

University of New Hampshire — Durham

• MS in SLP

Kean University of New Jersey — Union

• MA in SLP

Monmouth University — West Long Branch

• MSEd in SLP

Montclair State University — Bloomfield

• MA in SLP

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey — Newark

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Saint Elizabeth University — Morristown

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

Seton Hall University — Nutley

• MS in SLP

Stockton University — Galloway

• MS in SLP

William Paterson University of New Jersey — Wayne

• MS in SLP

Eastern New Mexico University — Portales

• MS in SLP
• Online available

New Mexico State University — Las Cruces

• MA in SLP

University of New Mexico — Albuquerque

• MS in SLP

Adelphi University — Garden City

• MS in SLP

Binghamton University — Binghamton

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

CUNY, Brooklyn College — Brooklyn

• MS in SLP

CUNY, Hunter College — New York

• MS in SLP

CUNY, Lehman College — Bronx

• MA in SLP

CUNY, Queens College — Flushing

• MA in SLP

D’Youville University — Buffalo

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Hofstra University — Hempstead

• MA in SLP

Iona University — New Rochelle

• MA in SLP

Ithaca College — Ithaca

• MS in SLP
• Online available

LIU Brooklyn — Brooklyn

• MS in SLP

LIU Post — Brookville

• MA in SLP

Mercy University — Dobbs Ferry

• MS in SLP

Molloy University — Rockville Centre

• MS in SLP

Nazareth College — Rochester

• MS in SLP

New York Medical College — Valhalla

• MS in SLP

New York University — New York

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Pace University — New York

• MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

St. Bonaventure University — St. Bonaventure

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

St. John’s University — Queens

• MA in SLP

Stony Brook University — Southampton

• MS in SLP

SUNY at Buffalo — Buffalo

• MA in SLP

SUNY at Cortland — Cortland

• MS in SLP

SUNY at Fredonia — Fredonia

• MS in SLP

SUNY at New Paltz — New Paltz

• MS in SLP

SUNY at Plattsburgh — Plattsburgh

• MA in SLP

SUNY Buffalo State University — Buffalo

• MS in SLP

Syracuse University — Syracuse

• MS in SLP

Teachers College, Columbia University — New York

• MS in SLP

Touro University — Brooklyn

• MS in SLP

Yeshiva University Katz School of SLP — New York

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Appalachian State University — Boone

• MS in SLP

East Carolina University — Greenville

• MS in SLP
• Online available

North Carolina Central University — Durham

• MS in SLP

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill

• MS in SLP

University of North Carolina, Greensboro — Greensboro

• MA in SLP
• Online available

Western Carolina University — Cullowhee

• MS in SLP

Minot State University — Minot

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of Mary — Bismarck

• MS in SLP

University of North Dakota — Grand Forks

• MS in SLP

Baldwin Wallace University — Berea

• MS in SLP

Bowling Green State University — Bowling Green

• MS in SLP

Case Western Reserve University — Cleveland

• MA in SLP

Cleveland State University — Cleveland

• MA in SLP
• Online available

Kent State University — Kent

• MA in SLP

Miami University — Oxford

• MA, MS in SLP

Mount St. Joseph University — Cincinnati

• MSP in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Ohio State University — Columbus

• MA in SLP

Ohio University — Athens

• MA in SLP

University of Akron — Akron

• MA in SLP
• Online available

University of Cincinnati — Cincinnati

• MA in SLP
• Online available

University of Toledo — Toledo

• MA in SLP

Northeastern State University — Muskogee

• MS in SLP

Oklahoma State University — Stillwater

• MS in SLP

University of Central Oklahoma — Edmond

• MS in SLP

University of Oklahoma — Health Sciences Center — Oklahoma City

• MA in SLP

University of Tulsa — Tulsa

• MS in SLP

Pacific University — Forest Grove

• MS in SLP

Portland State University — Portland

• MS, MA in SLP

University of Oregon — Eugene

• MS, MA in SLP

Carlow University — Pittsburgh

• MS in SLP

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania — Bloomsburg

• MS in SLP

Delaware Valley University — Doylestown

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

DeSales University — Center Valley

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Duquesne University — Pittsburgh

• MS in SLP

East Stroudsburg University — East Stroudsburg

• MS in SLP

Gannon University — Erie

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Gwynedd Mercy University — Gwynedd Valley

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Indiana University of Pennsylvania — Indiana

• MS in SLP

La Salle University — Philadelphia

• MS in SLP

Lebanon Valley College — Annville

• MS in SLP

Marywood University — Scranton

• MS in SLP

Misericordia University — Dallas

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Moravian University — Bethlehem

• MS in SLP

Pennsylvania State University — University Park

• MS in SLP

Pennsylvania Western University — California

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Salus at Drexel University — Elkins Park

• MS in SLP

Temple University — Philadelphia

• MA in Speech Language and Hearing Science

Thiel College — Greenville

• MS in SLP

Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh

• MA, MS in SLP

University of Scranton — Scranton

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

West Chester University — West Chester

• MA in SLP

Widener University — Chester

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

New England Institute of Technology — East Greenwich

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

University of Rhode Island — Kingston

• MS in SLP

Bob Jones University — Greenville

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Francis Marion University — Florence

• MS in SLP

Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

South Carolina State University — Orangeburg

• MA in SLP

University of South Carolina — Columbia

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of South Dakota — Vermillion

• MA in SLP

Austin Peay State University — Clarksville

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

East Tennessee State University — Johnson City

• MS in SLP

Tennessee State University — Nashville

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of Memphis — Memphis

• MA in SLP

University of Tennessee Health Science Center — Knoxville

• MS in SLP

Vanderbilt University — Nashville

• MS in SLP

Abilene Christian University — Abilene

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Baylor University — Waco

• MS in SLP
• Online available

East Texas Baptist University — Marshall

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Hardin-Simmons University — Abilene

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

Lamar University — Beaumont

• MS in SLP

Our Lady of the Lake University — San Antonio

• MA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Stephen F. Austin State University — Nacogdoches

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Texas A&M University — Kingsville

• MS in SLP

Texas Christian University — Fort Worth

• MS in SLP

Texas State University — Round Rock

• MS, MA in SLP

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center — Lubbock

• MS in SLP

Texas Woman’s University — Denton

• MS in SLP
• Online available

The University of Texas at Tyler — Tyler

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — Edinburg

• MS in SLP

University of Houston — Houston

• MA in SLP

University of North Texas — Denton

• MS in SLP

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences — Austin

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of Texas at Dallas — Dallas

• MS in SLP

University of Texas Health San Antonio — San Antonio

• MS in SLP

University of Texas — Austin

• MS in SLP

University of Texas — El Paso

• MS in SLP

West Coast University — Dallas

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)
• Online available

West Texas A&M University — Canyon

• MS in SLP

Brigham Young University — Provo

• MS in SLP

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions — Provo

• MS in SLP

University of Utah — Salt Lake City

• MS in SLP

Utah State University — Logan

• MS, MA in SLP
• Online available

University of Vermont — Burlington

• MS in SLP

Hampton University — Hampton

• MA in SLP

James Madison University — Harrisonburg

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Longwood University — Farmville

• MS in SLP

Old Dominion University — Norfolk

• MS in SLP

Radford University — Radford

• MS, MA in SLP

Shenandoah University — Leesburg

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

University of Virginia — Charlottesville

• MEd in SLP

Eastern Washington University — Spokane

• MS in SLP

University of Washington — Seattle

• MS in SLP

Washington State University — Spokane

• MS in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Western Washington University — Bellingham

• MA in SLP

Marshall University — Huntington

• MS in SLP

West Liberty University — West Liberty

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

West Virginia University — Morgantown

• MS in SLP
• Online available

Concordia University Wisconsin — Mequon

• MS in SLP

Marquette University — Milwaukee

• MS in SLP

University of Wisconsin — Eau Claire

• MS in SLP
• Online available

University of Wisconsin — Madison

• MS in SLP
• MS/PhD

University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee

• MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Wisconsin — River Falls

• MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Wisconsin — Stevens Point

• MS in SLP

University of Wisconsin — Whitewater

• MS in SLP

Viterbo University — LaCrosse

• MS in SLP (accreditation candidate)

University of Wyoming — Laramie

• MS in SLP