Bachelor of Speech Pathology

Bachelor

Help people with communication and swallowing difficulties.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

4 years full-time

Course Code

214352, 004716J

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Mar

Domestic Fees

$13,557 per year

International Fees

$44,500 per year

About this course

Study Speech Pathology at Flinders

Help people with communication and swallowing difficulties.

Gain the comprehensive education needed to work successfully as a speech pathologist. Speech pathologists provide services across the lifespan to people whose educational, vocational, personal and social functioning is affected by communication or swallowing impairment resulting from developmental difficulties, social disadvantage, illness or accident.

Alternatively, learn more about studying Speech Pathology in Port Pirie, Renmark, or Mt Gambier.

Study locations

Bedford Park

Career pathways

Your career

Speech pathology graduates are employed in a wide range of settings around the world and work with people of all ages, their carers/families, services, communities and other professionals across a wide variety of agencies.

Potential occupations include:

speech pathologist
project officer
researcher
manager
policy advisor.

Potential employers include:

healthcare sector (including hospitals, rehabilitation centres, community health services, mental health services)
aged care sector
disability services sector
education sector (including mainstream, special schools and special education units)
early childhood education sector
private practice
youth justice.

Professional accreditation/recognition

Graduates will meet the standards of Speech Pathology Australia (SPA), the national accrediting body, which will enable them to practise in Australia and many other countries around the world including the UK and Asia.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Rehabilitation courses at Flinders University.

93.1%

Overall satisfaction

91.5%

Skill scale

96.6%

Teaching scale

89.7%

Employed full-time

$65.7k

Average salary

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