QUICK FACTS
| Enrollment |
| » Total |
605 |
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• Bachelor's |
418 |
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• Master's |
185 |
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• Doctoral |
2 |
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| Faculty |
| » Total |
26 |
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• Doctoral
|
17 |
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• Master's |
9 |
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| Student Characteristics |
| » Bachelor's |
|
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• Males |
4.0% |
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• Females |
96.0% |
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• Full-Time |
82.5% |
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• Part-Time |
17.5% |
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• African American |
11.0% |
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• Latino American
|
15.0%
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• Asian American |
3.0% |
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• Native American
|
0%
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• Caucasian |
67.0% |
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• International |
1.0% |
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• Not Reported |
3.0% |
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| » Master's |
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• Males |
2.9% |
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• Females |
97.1% |
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• Full-Time |
86.1% |
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• Part-Time |
13.9% |
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• African American |
6.0% |
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• Asian American |
3.0% |
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• Caucasian |
74.0% |
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• International |
1.0% |
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• Latino American |
15.0% |
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• Native American |
0% |
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• Not Reported |
1.0% |
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| Student/Faculty Ratio |
| » Total |
1:23 |
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• Bachelor's |
1:34 |
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• Master's |
1:16 |
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Graduate Degree
Completion Rate
|
| » Three-Year Average |
91% |
| |
• 2006 |
95% |
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• 2005 |
88% |
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• 2004 |
91% |
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Job Placement Rate |
| » Three-Year Average |
91% |
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• 2006 |
96% |
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• 2005 |
92% |
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• 2004 |
90% |
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PRAXIS Examination in Speech- Language Pathology Pass Rate |
| » Three-Year Average |
92% |
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• 2006 |
96% |
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• 2005 |
88% |
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• 2004 |
91% |
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| Brief Time Line |
| 1967 |
— Initiated bachelor's degree program in communicative disorders |
| 1969 |
— Initiated master's degree track in
communicative disorders in Department of
Communications |
| 1973 |
— Founded UCF Communication Disorders Clinic |
| 1980 |
— Initiated master's degree program in
Department of Communicative Disorders |
| 2005 |
— Changed department name to
Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| 2007 |
— Initiated Ph.D. in education, communication
sciences and disorders track |
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| Department Programs |
| » Bachelor's degree program |
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• Communication Sciences and Disorders
(speech-language pathology); also offered at UCF Cocoa |
| » Minor programs |
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• Communication Sciences and Disorders
• American Sign Language and Deaf Studies |
| » Undergraduate certificate programs |
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• American Sign Language
• Language Development and Disorders |
| » Master's degree program |
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• Communication Sciences and Disorders
(speech-language pathology) |
| » Graduate certificate programs |
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• Child Language Disorders
• Medical Speech-Language Pathology
• Multicultural/Multilingual Speech-Language Pathology |
| » Doctoral program |
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• Ph.D. in Education, Communication Sciences and Disorders Track with a specialization in School Speech-Language Pathology |
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| Program Facilities |
| » Department |
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• Health and Public Affairs II, Suite 101 |
| » Clinic |
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• 12424 Research Parkway, Research Pavilion,
Suites 155 and 200 |
| » Research |
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• 12424 Research Parkway, Research Pavilion,
Suite 115 |
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| Accreditation |
The master’s program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at UCF is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation
(CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Public comment can be
addressed
to the CAA by mail to ASHA at 2200 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850-3289, or online at www.asha.org/about/credentialing/accreditation/
(select the link "Call for Public Comment on Graduate Education Programs")
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Video
Speech-Language Pathology: Putting it Together, One Piece at a Time
Click on a link below to meet some of the department's faculty members and students and learn why they chose a career in speech-language pathology.
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