Information for Students
Learning About the Professions
Interested in a career in communication sciences and disorders (CSD)? Want to learn more about what exciting work audiologists and speech-language pathologists do? Curious about the job outlook of these professions? Learn answers to these questions and more!
Planning Your Education
Whether you’re a high school student, an undergraduate, a graduate student, or a working professional looking to change your career, learn how to start planning your education in communication sciences and disorders and preparing for an exciting, high-demand career as an audiologist, speech-language pathologist, or speech, language, and hearing scientist.
Finding Financial Aid
A career in communication sciences and disorders can be financially rewarding, so why not reward yourself by exploring the wide variety of financial aid available to students in audiology, speech-language pathology, and the related sciences?
What Current Graduate Students Need to Know About ASHA Membership and Certification
Earning your graduate degree in audiology or speech-language pathology? Want to know what to expect after you graduate? It’s never too early to learn what lies ahead in obtaining your ASHA membership, certification, and state licensure.
Considering and Pursuing a PhD
When thinking about pursuing a PhD in communication sciences and disorders, you're likely to have many questions. How difficult is it? Will it put me further into debt? What are my career options when I graduate? Earning a PhD may seem daunting, but it’s more achievable than you think.
Quick Links
- Search for the right communication sciences and disorders program for you in ASHA’s EdFind.
- Join National NSSLHA, the student organization for undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students in the communication sciences and disorders discipline.
- Apply for National NSSLHA Member Honors and scholarships.
- Apply to ASHA Award programs for students.
- Check out ASHFoundation grants and scholarships.
- Enroll in an ASHA mentoring program.
- Explore opportunities for audiology and speech-language pathology assistants.
- Learn more about careers in audiology and speech-language pathology.
- Order ASHA’s Make A Difference: Make A Change brochure series, which provides information about accredited programs, financial aid, and the future of the professions.
