Just to add to the mix here.... I currently attend FSU and I honestly cannot say enough positive things about their speech path program. I realize I am biased by even posting about the school, but if you want to attend a school in Florida with fantastic research opportunities (including autism as posted above), dual language learning, motor speech disorders and various neurogenic related speech disorders... attend FSU!! All of the grad students who are currently in the program who I interact with absolutely love it. Just from the buzz I hear from the current grad students, literally close to everyone has funding. Funding is provided through research opportunities (where there are plenty), TA positions, and other secretarial positions around the clinic. Tallahassee does not have many private practice placement opportunities, but there are several hospitals that you are able to be placed in that are all relatively near campus. It is important to note that FSU REQUIRES you to do research in their graduate program, which is not true at every school! I am pretty sure the requirement is 40 hours of research, but I could be wrong! Don't fret though, there are plenty of research projects that are easy to join onto so you won't have to create your own!
I do have to add that if I were to get into my top schools, I would narrow my Florida school choices to just UF and FSU (that is saying I miraculously get into both!). I hear through the grapevine that UF has a fantastic program as well, which I am thinking has to add to the fact that UF is so closely tied to Shands hospital.
