About the course

Graduates of this program can work as speech-language pathologists in any clinical setting. There are excellent and varied educational opportunities provided by the University of Iowa’s MA degree in speech-language pathology. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s clinical certification standards must be satisfied by all graduates of the master’s program in speech-language pathology offered by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

The goal is to create professionals with the theoretical knowledge and cutting-edge clinical abilities necessary to provide clinical services. The MA program does not require a thesis, however there are chances for those students who are particularly interested in pursuing a research topic with a faculty mentor to engage in research.

Program Requirements

1. A bachelor’s degree from a college or university in the United States that has received regional accreditation, or the equivalent degree from another nation as recognised by the Office of Admissions.
2. A minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00, or foreign equivalent as determined by the Office of Admissions.
3. It will be necessary for newly admitted graduate students to perform an English Proficiency Evaluation on campus prior to their first day of class if their TOEFL scores are less than 600 on the PBT or less than 100 on the IBT.
4. A 7.0 overall IELTS score with no component below a 6.0. In addition, an on-campus English Proficiency Evaluation will be required of every IELTS test taker, regardless of score.
5. Unofficial transcripts or academic documents that you have posted to your admissions profile. If you are accepted, you must have official transcripts before you may enroll.
6. Applicants with GPAs of less than 3.4 in their undergraduate programmes, verbal GRE scores below the 40th percentile, quantitative GRE scores below the 30th percentile, or analytical writing GRE scores below 3.5 are not likely to be approved for admission to the MA-SLP programmes. The typical admitted candidate has a 3.80 GPA, an 80th percentile verbal GRE score, a 60th percentile quantitative GRE score, and an 80th percentile analytical writing GRE score.

Application requirements

● Select either the Master of Arts in Speech Pathology and Audiology or the AuD in Speech Pathology and Audiology when submitting and finishing your CSDCAS application – Liaison. Once your application has been submitted, you will receive an email with instructions on how to upload your supporting documents and have your recommenders submit their letters of recommendation. The CSDCAS Transcript Processing Center, PO Box 9113, Watertown, MA 02471, is where you must mail all transcripts from every institution you have ever attended.

●Additionally, you must pay the application cost by credit card and submit your online application to the Graduate College. Select “Clinical Doctorate in Audiology (AuD)” or “Master of Arts [thesis or non-thesis] in Speech Pathology and Audiology” as your degree target. You can decide to do a thesis or a non-thesis at any point during your programme of study. At this moment, kindly upload all unofficial transcripts. If you are accepted into our program, proper transcripts will need to be sent.

● GRE scores are not required for this program.