Cornell University Major for Speech Pathology

happy1
Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:00:15 +0000

If you are certain you want to be a speech pathologist you may want to go directly into a program for Communication Sciences and Disorders/Speech Pathology.

However, my D went the indirect route as she did not decide on a career in speech pathology until junior year of college. You can have any major as an undergrad. My D said her class had a number of psychology, neuropsych, linguistics majors but there were also some people who came in after working a few years in other professions (ex. business, teachers etc.).

The indirect route is more challenging. Only a few programs offer master’s degrees for people without undergraduate degrees in the field unless they have taken a required group of prerequisite courses. It did all work out for my D thankfully and she is very happy with her career choice.