Overview

Why Communication Sciences and Disorders?

The fields in Communication Sciences and Disorders are rated in the top healthcare fields with a growing need in coming years.

Graduates with a master's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders can work in various settings with a range of patients across the lifespan.

Students will have the opportunity to learn about communication sciences and disorders across the lifespaen, from faculty that specialize in speech-sound production, hearing, pediatric and adult language, neurogenic communication, voice, fluency, Alternative/Augmentative Communication, and swallowing.

The B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders provides a solid base for applying to a master's program in Communication Disorders. A master's degree is required in order to obtain certification through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

With a B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders an individual could work in the Kentucky public schools as a speech-language pathology assistant under the supervision of a certified speech-language pathologist.

The EKU master's program in Communication Sciences and Disorders is accredited through the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Accreditation of bachelor's programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders does not occur.

Career

With a Communication Disorders bachelor's degree from Eastern Kentucky University, only in the public schools as a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant

With a master's degree with and certification and license:

Medical settings

Public schools

Private agencies

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Statistical Reasoning

Applied Statistical Inference

Human Physiology

Human Heredity & Society

Normal Speech & Language Development

Communication Disorders: A Survey

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Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Richmond, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

40 semester credit hours completed--Examples of hours "not completed" may be those from which the student withdrew ("W"), received an incomplete ("I" or "IP"), or did not pass ("F" or "U"). Hours must be based on 100-level courses of higher. Developmental or remedial courses such as those numbered 090, 093, and 095 (or equivalent transfer courses) cannot be counted in the 40 hours nor in the GPA.
Minimum ACT composite score of 21
Submit an online application for the term (Fall, Spring or Summer) you would like to begin.
Application fee.
Submit a copy of your passport.
Submit complete secondary school records reflecting a cumulative grade of 75% (2.5 GPA equivalent) or higher.
Submit an official copy of High School Diploma or Graduation Certificate.
Provide a declaration of finances showing an account balance of no less than $34,745 USD in the form of a bank statement with a letter of authorization from the account holder.
English language proficiency.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

12000 USD / year

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Out-of-State

12000 USD / year

≈ 12000 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

10440 USD / year

≈ 10440 USD / year

Living costs

Richmond

United States

900 - 1400 USD / month

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