Communication Sciences & Disorders

If your career interest includes speech, language and hearing, Baldwin Wallace's communication sciences and disorders major will prepare you for success. With two tracks of study, the major offers a traditional four-year format and integrated speech-language pathology track that enables you to earn both bachelor and master’s degrees in five years.

Focused Study in Speech Therapy, Communication Disorders, Audiology

You’ll learn from professors with decades of classroom, clinical and research experience and participate in research studies. You'll work with clients who have diverse communication needs through BW's renowned Speech Clinic, community agencies, internships and volunteer programs.

Whether your career interest is speech-language pathology, audiology, speech science, hearing science or a related allied health field, the study of communication sciences and disorders offers you outstanding preparation for graduate school. For the past 21 years, 95 percent of BW communication sciences and disorders students who applied to graduate school have been accepted, surpassing the national average of 34 percent.

5 Year Speech-Language Pathology Program Combines B.S. and M.S.

As a communication sciences and disorders major, you can apply to BW's five-year integrated B.S./M.S. program in SLP during the summer between your second and third year. If accepted, you'll take graduate coursework beginning your fourth year at BW and transition directly into the graduate program. You’ll earn both bachelor of science and master of science degrees and be prepared to enter the workforce career-ready in five years — a full year early.

Admission to Baldwin Wallace is selective, and determined by a thorough review of all items submitted. Completed applications are reviewed on a daily basis with decisions determined within 2-4 weeks. 

Required items are submitted through the applicant portal and include:

• Application
• Secondary School Transcripts
• Secondary School Report Form
• Teacher Recommendation
• International Student Certification of Financial Support Form
  • Prospective F-1 students must have the financial resources to live and study in the United States. This includes being able to cover the cost of tuition, books, living expenses and travel while enrolled. BW must collect evidence of the student’s financial ability to attend BW for at least one year (or the program length, whichever is shorter) before issuing a Form I-20. Please review the Instructions for Completing the International Student Certification of Financial Support Form for additional information.
• Financial Sponsor Letter
  • A financial sponsor letter is required documentation if a sponsor is helping the student financially.
    • Sample financial sponsor letter
• One of the following exams*:
  • TOEFL (recommended scores of IBT 79, CBT 213, PBT 550)
  • IELTS (recommended composite of 6.5)
  • SAT (recommended evidence-based reading/writing score of 520)
  • ACT (recommended English score of 21) 

As noted, the score levels above are recommended but not required. Students whose English language skills need development may be conditionally admitted and placed in BW’s ESL program provided by the LADO International Institute.

* Students who have taken an English language curriculum are highly encouraged to take the SAT or ACT exam. If these exams are not available, students should submit TOEFL or IELTS scores.