Communication Disorders Student Outcome Data
Employment Rates of Graduates Within One Year of
Graduation
Employment rates of the program’s graduates are high, and 100 percent
are employed in the profession of speech-language pathology within one year of
graduation. In fact, most graduate students find employment within the
profession prior to graduation.
Year | Number of Graduates (#) | Percent of Graduates (%) |
Jan
2022 – Dec 2022 | 34 | 100 |
2019 - 2020 | 38 | 100 |
2018 - 2019 | 32 | 100 |
Three-Year Average | | 100% |
Note: During 2022, the program collected data using
exit surveys where the response rate was 53% and of the respondents 100% were
employed. Students employed are
completing the CF year.
Praxis Examination Pass Rates of Graduates
Requirements for the
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) and
the State of Illinois license in speech-language pathology include successful
completion of the Praxis national examination in speech-language pathology. The
pass rates for our students are very high. During the past three academic years
(2019 - 2022), the program's average pass rate was 94.9 percent (94.9%).
The pass rate exceeds the
national pass rate (87.1%) for the examination.
Year | Number of Students
Taking the Examination | Number of Students
Passed (#) | Pass Rate (%) |
| 2021
- 2022 | 21 | 19 | 90.4 |
2020
- 2021 | 18 | 17 | 94.4
|
2019
- 2020 | 16 | 16 | 100
|
Three-Year Average | | | 94.9 |
Program Completion Rates
Program completion rates are very high. The graduate program in
Communication Disorders has one of the highest retention rates in the
university. The program occasionally will have graduate students who do not
complete the program for a variety of reasons (academic and non-academic). The
percentage of graduate students who were admitted to the program during a
particular academic year and who completed the graduate program on time
averaged 91.7% for the past three academic years.
Year | Number (#)
Completed Program Within
Expected Time Frame | Number (#)
Completed Program Later Than Expected
Time Frame | Number (#) Not
Completing | Percentage (%)
Completing Within
Expected Time Frame |
2021
- 2022 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 96.8 |
2020
- 2021 | 25 | 2
| 2
| 86.2. |
2019
- 2020 | 35 | 3
| 0 | 92.1 |
Three-Year
Average | | | | 91.7
|
NOTE:
The above data represent
the number of students who graduated in a specified academic year. On
average, part-time students take six graduate credit hours (i.e., two academic
courses) per term and complete the program in about three years (i.e., 9
terms). Full-time students take nine graduate credits (i.e., three academic
courses) per term and complete the program in about 2-1/3rd years (i.e., 7
terms). It is difficult to group students within cohorts because students can
attend either full-time or part-time. In addition, there is considerable
variability regarding the timeframe for each student’s program. There is a
program expectation, however, that all students will complete degree
requirements within five years of admission.