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School of Speech and Hearing Sciences

School of Speech and Hearing Sciences

Introduction

Application deadline for graduate programs: February 1st for fall semester admission.  The graduate programs of the School of Speech and Hearing Sciences follow the University's application policies and procedures for regular and conditional admission as stipulated in the Graduate School bulletin.

The School of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Southern Miss consists of audiology and speech-language pathology.  Students who choose these fields care about, have a compassion for and are empathetic to the needs of people.  They are honest with themselves and others, especially those whom they serve.  Professional dedication is also a must given the rapid pace of the programs and the immense amount of information that must be learned and applied.  If you feel you possess these qualities, then a career in the communication sciences may be right for you.

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Our Programs

The school offers: bachelor degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology; master’s degrees in Speech-Language Pathology; the Au.D. in Audiology.

The Master of Science (M.S.) education program in speech-language pathology (residential) and the Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) education program in audiology (residential) at The University of Southern Mississippi are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard, #310, Rockville, MD 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700.

The following are mean GPAs and GRE scores and [ranges] for Audiology graduate students accepted into the program from the three most recent years:

Student Achievement Data
Year GRE-Q GRE- V GRE- AW GPA
2023

144

[142-151]

148

[140-154]

3.5

[2.5-4.5]

3.8

[3.5-4.0]

2022

144

[137-150]

147

[141-153]

3.2

[2.5-5.0]

3.7

[2.9-4.0]

2021

Waived, per Graduate application

Waived, per Graduate application

Waived, per Graduate application

3.65

[3.3-4.0]

 

The following are mean GPAs and GRE scores and [ranges] for Speech-Language Pathology graduate students accepted into the program from three most recent years:

Student Achievement Data
Year GRE-Q  GRE-V GRE-AW GPA

2023

143

[136-153]

145

[134-156]

3.7

[2.5-4.5]

3.9

[3.6-4.0]

 

2022

 

144

[140-158]

149

[141-157]

3.9

[3.0-5.5]

3.9

[3.8-4.0]

2021

Waived, per Graduate application

 

Waived, per Graduate application

 

Waived, per Graduate application

3.81

[3.5-4.0]

 

Contact Us

School of Speech and Hearing Sciences

J.B. George Building 208
102 Kay James Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Hattiesburg Campus 

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Email
shsFREEMississippi

Phone
601.266.5216