CLARKSVILLE, TN – As Tennessee faces a growing shortage of speech-language pathologists, Austin Peay State University’s newly accredited Master of Speech-Language Pathology (MSLP) program is expanding the pipeline of clinicians prepared to meet one of the state’s most pressing healthcare needs.
The Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology recently awarded initial accreditation to Austin Peay’s MSLP program, recognizing that it meets the national standards required to prepare future speech-language pathologists.
The milestone comes as demand for speech-language pathologists in Tennessee is projected to increase by 37.6% between 2022 and 2032, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Shortages are expected to be especially pronounced in rural communities…