Portland State University
Col of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Speech & Hearing Sciences
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Phone: (503)725-3533
Fax: (503)725-9171
E-mail Address: dolant@pdx.edu
http://www.sphr.pdx.edu/
CAA Accreditation Information
Accredited
Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology
CAA Accredited (MS, MA) (2011 - 2019)
Next Accreditation Review: August 2018
Programs
General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- No
- Distance Education Availability:
- Degree program does not offer a distance education option.
- Part-time Enrollment:
- The degree program does not accept part-time students.
- Multicultural/Bilingual Emphasis:
- The program does not offer a multicultural or bilingual emphasis.
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- The degree program does not offer study abroad opportunities.
- Areas of Research:
- Hearing conservation
- Augmentative/alternative communication
- Language: Normal processes, disorders
- Craniofacial Anomolies
- Fluency
- Neurogenics (apraxia, aphasia, dysarthria, cognitive)
- Speech: Articulation, phonology
- Literacy
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Data not available.
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- Data not available.
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Application Process:
- Other: not dept. specific; same guidelines as university admissions
Enrollment
- Total Undergraduate Enrollment:
- 140
Graduation
- Total Number of Degrees Granted:
- Full time: 70
- Part time: 0
- Total: 70
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General
- Administrative Location:
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Combined Degree Programs Offered:
- No
- Distance Education Availability:
- Degree program does not offer a distance education option.
- Part-time Enrollment:
- The degree program does not accept part-time students.
- Multicultural/Bilingual Emphasis:
- Yes
- Study Abroad Opportunities:
- Ecuador
- Areas of Research:
- Hearing conservation
- Augmentative/alternative communication
- Language: Normal processes, disorders
- Craniofacial Anomolies
- Fluency
- Neurogenics (apraxia, aphasia, dysarthria, cognitive)
- Speech: Articulation, phonology
- Literacy
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (academic and clinical)
- Autism
- Institution Grants and Contract(s)
- Data not available.
- Postdoctoral Opportunities:
- No postdoctoral opportunities
- Specialty Tracks / Unique Features:
- Certificate for Bilingual Spanish Concentration; and Electives in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Craniofacial Anomolies, Professional Ethics, Counseling, Bilingual Topics, and Advanced Medical Speech-Language Pathology
- Minority Serving Institution:
- Data not available.
- NSSLHA Chapter:
- Yes
Admissions
- Admission Contact:
- Name: Susan Ginley
- E-Mail Address: sginley@pdx.edu
- Clinic Director:
- Claudia Meyer
- Application Deadline(s):
- Application deadline for Fall admission: January 01
- Application Process:
- CSD Central Application Service (CSDCAS)
- Application Requirements:
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score
- Letters of recommendation: 3
- Other: Letter of Intent
- Average GRE:
- Verbal Reasoning: 298-319
- Quantitative Reasoning: 298-319
- Average GPA:
- 3.6
- Number of Applications Received:
- Full-time Students: 410
- Part-time Students: 0
- Total: 410
- Number of Admission Offers:
- Full time: 81
- Part time: 0
- Total: 81
- Number of Admission Offers with Funding:
- Number of students offered admission with funding: 5
Enrollment
- Target Class Size:
- 50
- Newly Enrolled:
- Full-time students: 71
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 71
- Total Graduate Enrollment:
- Full-time students: 103
- Part-time students: 0
- Total: 103
Graduation
- Credit Hour Requirement:
- Total quarter credit hours: 75
- Additional Requirements:
- Comprehensive exam
- Thesis
- Other: Special Project
- Time to Degree (CED):
- Total quarters: 7
- Total Number of Degrees Granted:
- Full time: 32
- Part time: 0
- Total: 32
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