{"id":5433,"date":"2024-05-29T13:36:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/?p=5433"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:45:01","slug":"unc-audiology-and-speech-language-pathology-programs-ranked-in-top-4-percent-nationwide-by-u-s-news-world-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/2024\/05\/unc-audiology-and-speech-language-pathology-programs-ranked-in-top-4-percent-nationwide-by-u-s-news-world-report\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs Ranked in Top 4 Percent Nationwide by U.S. News & World Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 rankings of top graduate programs, and the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences\u2019<\/span> Doctor of Audiology<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Speech-Language Pathology<\/span><\/a> programs ranked in the top 4 percent nationwide.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Doctor of Audiology program jumped from a #5 ranking in 2020 to #3 in the <\/span>2024 rankings<\/span><\/a>. The four-year clinical doctorate program offers students opportunities to develop and hone their clinical skills through training at UNC\u2019s Hearing and Communication Center and additional clinical placements in Chapel Hill and the surrounding communities, serving patients across the lifespan.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Master of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Speech-Language Pathology program has remained consistent over the past four years by <\/span>ranking<\/span><\/a> in the top 15 programs in the country, this time with a ranking of #12. The two-year program meets all requirements for ASHA certification in Speech-Language Pathology as students combine clinical experiences with a comprehensive classroom curriculum.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Our AuD and SLP programs continue to prepare students who become leaders in our professions,” said Hannah Siburt, AuD, PhD, Director of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. “We work hard to ensure our students receive the best education while at UNC so they are prepared clinicians for their future careers. I am proud to see our programs continue to receive this national recognition.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 rankings of top graduate programs, and the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences\u2019 Doctor of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology programs ranked in the top 4 percent nationwide.\u00a0\u00a0 The Doctor of Audiology program jumped from a #5 ranking in 2020 to #3 in the 2024 rankings. The four-year … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111958,"featured_media":5434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2024\/05\/SHS-rankings-2024.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2024\/05\/SHS-rankings-2024-300x300.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2024\/05\/SHS-rankings-2024-768x768.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2024\/05\/SHS-rankings-2024-1024x1024.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2024\/05\/SHS-rankings-2024-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}