Bachelor’s Degrees in Speech-Language Pathology Through Schools with CAA-Accredited Grad Programs

Even as an undergrad, you can take the first step toward a career in speech-language pathology. By majoring in communicative sciences and disorders or speech-language pathology at the bachelor’s level, you’ll begin taking important courses that will prepare you for a master’s degree in the field—the minimum educational requirement to become certified and licensed as an SLP.

If you’re at a stage where you’re considering your four-year degree options and you already have your sights set on becoming an SLP, it’s an easy decision. A bachelor’s degree in communicative sciences and disorders is by far the best way to lay the foundation for the advanced degree and pre-professional experience you need to become a speech-language pathologist.

Earning an Undergrad Degree at a School that Offers an Accredited Master’s Streamlines the Transition

Do you need a bachelor’s degree in the field to get into a master’s program in speech-language pathology or communicative sciences and disorders?

No, but it helps.

While most graduate programs in the field admit students without a bachelor’s degree related to SLP, a background in the communicative sciences will give you everything you need to transition easily into a graduate program without having to scramble to complete prerequisites. If your undergrad program is housed in the same department that has a CAA-accredited master’s, that transition is completely seamless.

Some schools even offer 5-year accelerated SLP programs that deliver both undergrad and grad courses that result in both a bachelor’s and master’s degree, shaving an entire year off your education plan . This saves time and money, getting you out into the field where you belong faster, providing much-needed services to clients.

The Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) is the semi-autonomous accrediting arm of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. The CAA only accredits master’s programs that meet the curriculum requirements for CCC-SLP certification.

Though CAA does not accredit bachelor’s programs, you can be sure that schools with CAA-accredited master’s programs have structured the curriculum to build on the foundational bachelor’s programs they offer. That means your very best option is to earn your bachelor’s in communicative sciences and disorders from a school that offers CAA-accredited master’s programs in the field.

Speech-Pathology Bachelor’s Programs at Schools with CAA-Accredited Grad Programs Organized by State

There are plenty of colleges and universities across the country that offer bachelor’s degrees in communicative sciences and disorders as traditional, campus-based programs, online programs, or hybrid options that combine both.

Regardless of how they’re delivered, all these programs involve placements for clinical experience, teach the foundational principles of speech and hearing sciences, and prepare you for the SLP master’s degree you’ll need to qualify for state licensure and nationally-recognized CCC-SLP certification.

If you’re looking for a bachelor’s in communication sciences and disorders, your best bet is to pursue one through a college or university that’s also home to a master’s program accredited by the CAA. Doing so will streamline your educational journey and ensure you’ve met the requirements to become a certified SLP.

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

CAA does not accredit undergraduate programs. Current as of March 2025, the bachelor’s programs shown here are housed in schools with CAA-accredited master’s programs and programs that are in the application or candidacy phase of the accreditation process.

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Alabama A&M University—Normal

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Auburn University—Auburn

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Samford University—Birmingham

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Alabama Tuscaloosa—Tuscaloosa

• BA in Communicative Disorders

University of Montevallo—Montevallo

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

University of South Alabama—Mobile

• BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences

There are no SLP undergraduate programs through institutions with accredited master’s available in Alaska at this time.

Arizona State University—Tempe

• BS in Speech and Hearing Science

University of Arizona—Tucson

• BS in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Arkansas State University—Jonesboro

• BS in Communication Disorders

Harding University—Searcy

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders—Clinical
• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders—Non-Clinical

University of Arkansas Fayetteville—Fayetteville

• BSE in Communication Disorders

University of Arkansas at Little Rock—Little Rock

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Central Arkansas—Conway

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Biola University—La Mirada

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

California Baptist University—Riverside

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

California State University—Chico

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

California State University East Bay—Hayward

• BS in Speech Pathology and Audiology

California State University Fresno—Fresno

• BA in Speech-Language Pathology

California State University Fullerton—Fullerton

• BS in Communicative Disorders

California State University Long Beach—Long Beach

• BA in Speech-Language Pathology

California State University Los Angeles—Los Angeles

• BA in Communicative Disorders

California State University Northridge—Northridge

• BA in Speech Language Pathology

California State University Sacramento—Sacramento

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

California State University San Marcos –San Marcos

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Loma Linda University—Loma Linda

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

San Diego State University—San Diego

• BA in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

San Francisco State University—San Francisco

• BS in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

San Jose State University—San Jose

• BA in Communicative Disorders and Sciences

University of Redlands—Redlands

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of the Pacific—Stockton

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

University of Colorado Boulder—Boulder

• BA in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

University of Northern Colorado—Greeley

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Sacred Heart University—Fairfield

• Pre-Speech-Language Pathology Minor
• Accelerated BS/MS

Southern Connecticut State University—New Haven

• BS in Communication Disorders

University of Connecticut—Storrs

• BA in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

There are no SLP undergraduate programs through institutions with accredited master’s available in Delaware at this time.

George Washington University—Washington, DC

• BA in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
• Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) Minor
• BS in Cognitive Science of Language

Florida State University– Tallahassee

• BS in Communication Science and Disorders

Jacksonville University—Jacksonville

• BS in Communication Sciences

Nova Southeastern University—Ft Lauderdale

• BS in Speech Language & Communication Disorders
• Fully online BS program offered

University of Central Florida—Orlando

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Undergraduate Certificate in Language Development and Disorders

University of Florida Gainesville—Gainesville

• BHS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Fully online BHS program offered

University of South Florida—Tampa

• BA Speech-Language-Hearing Science
• BA Interpreter Training
• BA Deaf Studies

Georgia Southern University (Formerly Armstrong State University)—Savannah

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Georgia—Athens

• BSEd in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of West Georgia—Carrollton

• BSEd in Speech Pathology

Valdosta State University—Valdosta

• BSEd in Communication Sciences and Disorders

There are no SLP undergraduate programs through institutions with accredited master’s available in Hawaii at this time.

Idaho State University—Pocatello

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Year one of pre-professional CSD courses offered online

Eastern Illinois University—Charleston

• BS in Communication Disorders and Sciences
• BA in Communication Disorders and Sciences

Elmhurst College—Elmhurst

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Governors State University—University Park

• BHS in Communication Disorders

Illinois State University—Normal

• BS in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Northern Illinois University—DeKalb

• BS in Communicative Disorders

Northwestern University—Evanston

• BS in Human Communication Sciences

Southern Illinois University—Carbondale

• BS in Communication Disorders and Sciences

Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville

• BA in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
• BS in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

St. Xavier University

• BA in Speech-Language Pathology

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Champaign

• BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences with Concentrations in Audiology, Cultural-Linguistic Diversity, Neuroscience of Communication, or Speech-Language Pathology

Western Illinois University—Macomb

• BS in Speech Pathology and Audiology

Ball State University—Muncie

• BA in Speech Pathology and Audiology
• BS in Pre-Audiology

Indiana State University –Terre Haute

• BA in Communication Disorders
• BS in Communication Disorders

Indiana University Bloomington—Bloomington

• BA in Speech and Hearing Sciences
• BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Purdue University—West Lafayette

• BS in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Saint Mary’s College-Notre Dame

• BA in Communicative Sciences and Disorders

University of Iowa—Iowa City

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Northern Iowa—Cedar Falls

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Fort Hayes State University—Hays

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Kansas State University—Manhattan

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Kansas—Kansas City

• BA in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences & Disorders
• BGS in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences & Disorders

Wichita State University—Wichita

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Deafness and Hard of Hearing Concentration

Eastern Kentucky University—Richmond

• BS in Communication Disorders

Murray State University—Murray

• BS in Communication Disorders
• BA in Communication Disorders

University of Kentucky—Lexington

• BHS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Western Kentucky University—Bowling Green

• BS in Communication Disorders

Louisiana Technical University—Ruston

• BA Speech Language Pathology and Audiology

Louisiana State University and A&M College—Baton Rouge

• BA in Communication Disorders

Southeastern Louisiana University—Hammond

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Southern University and A&M—Baton Rouge

• BS in Speech Pathology

University of Louisiana at Lafayette—Lafayette

• BA in Speech Pathology & Audiology

University of Louisiana Monroe—Monroe

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

The University of Maine Orono—Orono

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Loyola University Maryland—Columbia

• BA in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Towson University—Towson

• BS in Speech-Language-Pathology and Audiology
• BS in Deaf Studies

University of Maryland, College Park—College Park

• BA in Hearing & Speech Sciences

Boston University—Boston

• BS in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
• BS in Deaf Studies

Bridgewater State University—Bridgewater

• BSE in Special Education with Communication Disorders Concentration

Emerson College—Boston

• BS in Communication Disorders

Northeastern University—Boston

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

University of Massachusetts Amherst—Amherst

• BS in Communication Disorders

Worchester State University—Worcester

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Andrews University—Berrien Springs

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Calvin College—Grand Rapids

• BA in Speech Pathology and Audiology

Central Michigan University—Mount Pleasant

• BS in Communication Disorders

Eastern Michigan University—Ypsilanti (currently on probationary status)

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Grand Valley State University—Grand Rapids

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Wayne State University—Detroit

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Western Michigan University—Kalamazoo

• BS in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Minnesota State University Mankato—Mankato

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Minnesota State University Moorhead—Moorhead

• BS in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Cloud State University—St. Cloud

• BS Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BES Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Minnesota Duluth—Duluth

• BAS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Minnesota—Minneapolis

• BA in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

Jackson State University—Jackson

• BS in Communicative Disorders

Mississippi University for Women—Columbus

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

University of Mississippi—University

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

The University of Southern Mississippi—Hattiesburg

• BA in Speech Pathology and Audiology

Fontbonne University—St. Louis

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Maryville University—St. Louis

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Missouri State University—Springfield

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Rockhurst University—Kansas City

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Saint Louis University—St. Louis

• BS in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Southeast Missouri State University—Cape Girardeau

• BS in Communication Disorders

Truman State University—Kirksville

• BA in Communication Disorders
• BS in Communication Disorders

University of Central Missouri—Warrensburg

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

University of Missouri—Columbia

• BHS in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

University of Montana—Missoula

• BA in Communicative Sciences & Disorders

University of Nebraska Kearney—Kearney

• BSEd in Communication Disorders

University of Nebraska Lincoln—Lincoln

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Nebraska Omaha—Omaha

• BSE in Communication Disorders

Nevada State College—Henderson

• BA in Speech Pathology

University of Nevada Reno—Reno

• BS in Speech Pathology

University of New Hampshire—Durham

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Kean University of New Jersey—Union

• BA Speech-Language Hearing Sciences

William Paterson University—Wayne

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Eastern New Mexico University—Portales

• BS in Communicative Disorders

New Mexico State University—Las Cruces

• BS in Communication Disorders

University of New Mexico—Albuquerque

• BA in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Adelphi University—Garden City

• BS in Communication Disorders

Buffalo State College—Buffalo

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

City University of New York Brooklyn—Brooklyn

• BA Communication Sciences and Disorders

City University of New York Lehman College—Bronx

• BA in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

City University of New York Queens College—Flushing

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Hofstra University—Hempstead

• BA in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
• BA-MA Dual Degree Program in Speech-Language Pathology

Iona College—New Rochelle

• BA in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

Ithaca College—Ithaca

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Long Island University Brooklyn—Brooklyn

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BS/MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders Dual Degree Program

Long Island University Post—Brookville

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Mercy College—Dobbs Ferry

• BS in Communication Disorders

Molloy College—Rockville Centre

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Nazareth College—Rochester

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

New York University—New York

• BS in Communicative Sciences and Disorders

St. John’s University—Queens

• BA Speech Language Pathology and Audiology

Yeshiva University—New York

• BA in Speech Pathology/Audiology

The State University of New York at Buffalo—Buffalo

• BA in Speech and Hearing Science

State University of New York Cortland—Cortland

• BS in Speech and Hearing Science

State University of New York Fredonia—Fredonia

• BS in Communication Disorders and Sciences

State University of New York New Paltz—New Paltz

• BA in Communication Disorders

State University of New York Plattsburgh—Plattsburgh

• BA in Communication Sciences & Disorders
• BS in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Syracuse University—Syracuse

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Touro College—Brooklyn

• BS/MS in Speech-Language Pathology Dual Degree Program

Appalachian State University—Boone

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

East Carolina University—Greenville

• BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences

University of North Carolina Greensboro—Greensboro

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Western Carolina University—Cullowhee

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Minot State University—Minot

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Mary—Bismarck

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of North Dakota—Grand Forks

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Baldwin Wallace University—Berea

• BA in Communication Sciences & Disorders
• BS in Communication Sciences & Disorders
• Integrated BS/MS in SLP

Bowling Green State University—Bowling Green

• BS in Communication Science and Disorders

Case Western Reserve University—Cleveland

• BA in Communication Sciences

Cleveland State University—Cleveland

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Kent State University—Kent

• BS in Speech Pathology and Audiology

Miami University—Oxford

• BS in Speech Pathology and Audiology

Ohio State University—Columbus

• BA in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Ohio University—Athens

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Akron—Akron

• BA in Speech-Language Pathology

University of Cincinnati—Cincinnati

• BS in Speech Language Hearing Sciences

University of Toledo—Toledo

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Northeastern State University—Tahlequah

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Oklahoma State University—Stillwater

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Central Oklahoma—Edmond

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

The University of Oklahoma—Oklahoma City

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

The University of Tulsa—Tulsa

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

Portland State University—Portland

• BA Speech and Hearing Sciences
• BS Speech and Hearing Science

University of Oregon—Eugene

• BS in Communication Disorders & Sciences
• BA in Communication Disorders & Sciences

Bloomsburg University—Bloomsburg

• BS in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology

PennWest University—California

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Duquesne University—Pittsburgh

• BHS/MS in Speech Language Pathology Dual Degree Program

East Stroudsburg University—East Stroudsburg

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Geneva College—Beaver Falls

• BA in Communication Disorders

Indiana University of Pennsylvania—Indiana

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology

LaSalle University—Philadelphia

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BS/MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders Dual Degree

Marywood University—Scranton

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders (accelerated pathway to MS in SLP)

Misericordia University—Dallas

• BS/MS Speech-Language Pathology Dual Degree

Pennsylvania State University—University Park

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Temple University—Philadelphia

• BA in Speech-Language-Hearing

Thiel College—Greenville

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh

• BA in Communication Science

West Chester University—West Chester

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Accelerated BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders (to MA in SLP)

University of Rhode Island—Kingston

• BS in Communicative Disorders

South Carolina State University—Orangeburg

• BA in Speech Pathology & Audiology

University of South Dakota—Vermillion

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Tennessee—Knoxville

• BS in Audiology and Speech Pathology

Abilene Christian University—Abilene

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Baylor University—Waco

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Lamar University—Beaumont

• BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Our Lady of the Lake University—San Antonio

• BA in Communication and Learning Disorders

Stephen F. Austin State University—Nacogdoches

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Texas A&M University—Kingsville

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Texas Christian University—Fort Worth

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology
• BS in Habilitation of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Texas State University—San Marcos

• BS in Communication Disorders

Texas Tech University—Lubbock

• BS in Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences

Texas Woman’s University—Denton

• BS in Communication Sciences
• Emphasis in Deaf Education
• Emphasis in Speech-Language Pathology

University of Houston—Houston

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of North Texas—Denton

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

University of Texas at Dallas—Denton

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

University of Texas at Austin—Austin

• BS in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
• Specializations available in Audiology, Deaf Education/Deaf studies, and Speech-Language Pathology

University of Texas at El Paso—El Paso

• BS/MS in Speech-Language Pathology Dual Degree
• Certificate in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley—Edinburg

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

West Texas A&M University—Canyon

• BS in Communication Disorders

Brigham Young University—Provo

• BS in Communication Disorders

University of Utah –Salt Lake City

• BS in Speech and Hearing Science

Utah State University—Logan

• BS in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
• BA in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
• Programs offered online

University of Vermont—Burlington

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Speech-Language Pathology Pre-Master’s Track Certificate Program Offered Online

Hampton University—Hampton

• BA in Communicative Sciences and Disorders

James Madison University—Harrisonburg

• BA in Communication Sciences & Disorders
• BS in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Longwood University—Farmville

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Online prerequisites for a Speech-Language Pathology graduate program

Old Dominion University—Norfolk

• BS in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Radford University—Radford

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Virginia—Charlottesville

• BSEd in Speech Communication Disorders

Eastern Washington University—Spokane

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Washington—Seattle

• BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Washington State University—Spokane

• BA in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Western Washington University—Bellingham

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Marshall University—Huntington

• BS in Communication Disorders

West Virginia University—Morgantown

• BS in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Marquette University—Milwaukee

• BS in Speech Pathology and Audiology

University of Wisconsin Eau Claire—Eau Claire

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• American Sign Language Certificate

University of Wisconsin Madison—Madison

• BA in Communication Sciences and Disorders
• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee—Milwaukee

• BS in Communication Sciences & Disorders

University of Wisconsin River Falls—River Falls

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders Education Track
• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders Liberal Arts Track

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point—Stevens Point

• BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

University of Wisconsin Whitewater—Whitewater

• BS in Communication Sciences & Disorders

University of Wyoming—Laramie

• BS of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science