MS in Speech-Language Pathology Part-Time Pathway

Your goals. Your pace. Same Pacific quality.

Benefit from the same rigorous, ASHA-accredited curriculum, faculty, and clinical experiences you expect from Pacific, extended over three years to give you the structured, flexible pace to balance your studies with life's other commitments.

Pacific University’s part-time MS-SLP offers a flexible three-year, eight-semester pathway for students balancing work, family, health, caregiving, and other commitments. Enjoy a schedule of 2–3 days per week through your final semester, culminating in a full-time externship.

Pacific's part-time MS SLP program extends our established two-year, full-time curriculum over three years. No courses or experiences altered. No content is removed. You complete the same 68-credit program and graduate fully prepared for entry-level clinical practice, on a timeline that works for you.

What stays the same

• Full ASHA-accredited curriculum (68 credits)
• Same faculty and clinical supervision team
• Clinical simulation training (20+ scenarios)
• Community-based clinical placements (7+ sites)
• Pacific's hallmark "high-touch" student support
• In-person, residential instruction
• Cost: The part-time pathway costs the same as the full-time MS SLP program; spread across three years rather than two, giving you the same degree at a more manageable annual investment.
• Financial Aid: Students completing this program will maintain “full-time” student status related to Federal Aid eligibility. Federal loans, scholarships, and work study programs are available. 

What changes

• Three years instead of two
• Reduced semester credit load
• More time to work alongside your studies
• Small cohort for personalized attention embedded across two full-time cohorts

Curriculum

• Year 1
  • Fall
    Language Disorders, Speech Sound Disorders, Clinical Methods, Stuttering
  • Spring
    School-Age Language, Autism, Advanced Speech Sounds
  • Summer
    Research Methods, Practicum I
• Year 2
  • Fall
    Counseling, Diversity, Voice & Motor Speech, AAC, Aging
  • Spring
    Aphasia, Dysphagia, Seminar, Practicum II
  • Summer
    Topics & Simulation, Seminar, Practicum III
• Year 3
  • Fall
    Acquired Brain Injury, Progressive Disorders, Seminar
  • Spring
    Full-Time Externship