There are accredited courses for speech pathology in most states and territories in Australia.

Undergraduate entry – ATAR for speech pathology

The ATAR for speech pathology (or Selection Rank) varied from 70 to the mid-90s throughout Australia for course entry in 2023.

Please note that this is a rough guide only for future years as it changes from year to year depending on the applications each university receives, and that some universities will also have additional selection criteria to gain entry.

If you don’t gain entry directly following high school, some universities will allow you to transfer into their undergraduate speech pathology degree following a year in one of their other undergraduate degrees – for example a science degree. This will be dependent on your Grade Point Average in your first year subjects, and could also involve other admission requirements. You ATAR / Selection Rank may also be considered. Please speak with an admissions officer at the universities you are considering applying for to see if this pathway may be available to you.

Undergraduate / Masters speech pathology course

In 2023 there was one university offering a combined Bachelor / Masters program where graduates would be eligible to register as speech pathologists.

Postgraduate entry into speech pathology

There is a postgraduate pathway available at a number of universities around Australia. They require an undergraduate degree, some with some universities having specific pre-requisite subject and other admission requirements which they publish on their websites.

A list of postgraduate courses to become a speech pathologist is in the table below:

Approved programs to become a speech pathologist in Australia

The information presented in this article was correct at the time of publishing. Please check with the Speech Pathology Australia for an up to date list of approved programs of study to become a speech pathologist in Australia:
https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/Public/services/Become-a-sp/University-programs.aspx

Disclaimer

This information is general in nature and does not take into account your personal circumstances. My Health Career accepts no responsibility for ensuring that you enrol in a course that is right for you. Please do your own research to ensure that you enrol in the correct course, especially if you are considering an undergraduate biomedicine, health science or biomedical science degree as a pathway to a postgraduate course. This may include speaking with speech pathologists, a careers advisor, guidance officer, career development practitioner, representatives of Speech Pathology Australia, and admissions officers from the university or universities you are looking at applying to.