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 through a quality program.

Of course, a master’s degree is the minimum educational requirement to become licensed and certified as an SLP, so you’ll need to be prepared to continue your education at the graduate level. But if you’re at the stage where you’re considering your four-year degree options, choosing a major in the area of communicative sciences and disorders is by far the best way to lay the foundation for advanced study and experience.

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

While most accredited graduate programs 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 prereqs. If your undergrad program is housed in the same department that has a CAA-accredited master’s, that transition is completely seamless.

Schools with accredited master’s programs in SLP structure the curriculum to build on the foundational bachelor’s program. Some schools even offer 5-year accelerated programs that include both undergrad and grad courses that result in a master’s a full 12-months faster than taking the programs separately. This saves time and money, and quickly gets you out into the field where you belong, providing your much-needed services to clients.

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

Schools throughout the country offer bachelor’s degrees in communicative sciences and disorders through programs that are offered online, partially online, and through traditional campus-based programs. These programs will allow you to gain clinical experience, learn the foundational principles of speech and hearing sciences, and prepare you for the graduate degree required to become nationally-certified and state-licensed.

Other programs are out there, but these are the ones available through schools that also offer the CAA-accredited graduate program you need to enter professional practice. If you’re looking at your undergraduate options and you’re plans involve eventually going on to a master’s, this list may help provide the guidance you need to streamline that process.

School profiles in the ASHA EdFind searchable database are updated annually based on information collected through the CSD Education Survey. Information gathered in the survey is also published in state and national aggregate reports and collated in CSD education trend data reports for undergraduate programs.

CAA does not accredit undergraduate programs. Current as of January 2018, 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 Audiology
  • BA in Deaf Education
  • BA in Deaf Studies
  • BA in Interpreting
  • BA in Speech-Language Pathology

• California State University Fullerton—Fullerton
  • BA 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 Communicative Disorders
  • BA in Communicative Disorders

• San Jose State University—San Jose
  • BA in Communication Disorders and Sciences

• University of Redlands—Redlands
  • BA in Communicative 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 Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences

• Sacred Heart University—Fairfield
  • Pre-Speech-Language Pathology Minor

• 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 Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • BA in Hearing and Deafness
  • BA in Language and Communication Sciences

• Florida State University– Tallahassee
  • BS in Communication Science and Disorders

• Jacksonville University—Jacksonville
  • BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

• 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 Communication Sciences and Disorders

• 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 Speech Language Pathology

• 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 Pathology and Audiology

• Minnesota State University Mankato—Mankato
  • BA in Communication Disorders
  • BS in Communication 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
  • Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Certificate

• Maryville University—St. Louis
  • BS in Speech-Language Pathology

• Missouri State University—Springfield
  • BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Rockhurst University—Kansas City
  • BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Saint Louis University—St. Louis
  • BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

• 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 Communication Science and Disorders

• 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 Speech-Language Pathology

• University of Nebraska Omaha—Omaha
  • BS in Speech-Language Pathology
  • BS Sign Language Interpreter

• 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
  • BA in Communication Disorders & Sciences

• 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

• The College of Saint Rose—Albany
  • BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

• City University of New York Brooklyn—Brooklyn
  • BA Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, Speech and Hearing Science

• City University of New York Lehman College—Bronx
  • BA in Speech 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 Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Nazareth College—Rochester
  • BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

• New York University—New York
  • BS in Communicative Sciences and Disorders

• Pace University—New York
  • BA in Communication 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 Communicative Disorders and Sciences

• 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 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

• Bowling Green State University—Bowling Green
  • BS in Communication Disorders

• Case Western Reserve University—Cleveland
  • BA in Communication Sciences

• Cleveland State University—Cleveland
  • BA in Speech & Hearing

• 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 and Audiology

• University of Cincinnati—Cincinnati
  • BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders

• 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

• California University of Pennsylvania—California
  • BS in Communication Disorders

• Clarion University—Clarion
  • BS in Speech-Language Pathology

• Duquesne University—Pittsburgh
  • BHS/MS in Speech Language Pathology Dual Degree Program

• East Stroudsburg University—East Stroudsburg
  • BS in Speech-Language Pathology

• Edinboro University—Edinboro
  • BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences

• Geneva College—Beaver Falls
  • BA in Communication Disorders

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania—Indiana
  • BS in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
  • BSed in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

• 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

• 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 Communicative Disorders

• 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 Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • 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
  • BS in Communicative Science and Disorder

• 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 Speech Pathology and Audiology

• 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