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Pursue Your Passion with Purpose in the 5-Year Speech-Language Pathology Program: Discover How to Become a Speech-Language Pathologist in Five Years!

At Marywood University, we are focused on preparing you for a career as a speech-language pathologist. Though an academic and clinical curriculum sequence that extends across five years, you'll realize your educational and career goals sooner. This 5-year speech-language pathology program provides a rigorous, intensive curriculum sequence tailored to students who are focused on their educational achievements and who are goal oriented.

The undergraduate (pre-professional phase) portion of the program includes Marywood University’s core curriculum and all of the pre-professional courses that emphasize knowledge of basic human communication and swallowing processes.  

The graduate (professional phase) portion of the program, which begins with the summer semester of the third undergraduate year, emphasizes academic coursework and clinical practicum experiences designed to foster knowledge and skills about the nature of speech, language, hearing, and communication disorders and differences, as well as swallowing disorders.

  • State-of-the-art Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
  • Become a certified speech-language pathologist
  • Help people with communication difficulties
  • Work in private practice and institutional settings