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And also University of St. Augustine, Austin TX. Completely online but every trimester you go to Austin for a weekend. The program costs like $55K, and even estimating the price of the trips to Austin I figure it will still be cheaper than Nova(when I calculated ~$66K tuition and course fees) and Speech@NYU ($80K+ according to their website).

California State University Northridge, Eastern New Mexico, Western Kentucky, University of Northern Colorado, Emerson, University of Montana, Idaho State, University of South Carolina, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, NYU, Nova, Tennessee State, East Carolina University...

There are pluses about each program but my gut is saying CSUN after I prayed . Thanks guys I'm going to wait and see if Emerson offers anything substantial, I have a bit of time I only have an unofficial offer from CSUN. Waiting to hear more.

Congrats! Personally, I wouldn't believe anyone regarding scholarship money if it was not in writing. I say go with the cheaper program, unless the school that mentioned funding can actually give it to you in writing. to guarantee you will actually be receiving something. Funding aside, I would also look at their delivery option and convenience. Which school finds your clinical placements for you and doesn't require you to do coldcalling etc.

Congrats! Personally, I wouldn't believe anyone regarding scholarship money if it was not in writing. I say go with the cheaper program, unless the school that mentioned funding can actually give it to you in writing. to guarantee you will actually be receiving something. Funding aside, I would also look at their delivery option and convenience. Which school finds your clinical placements for you and doesn't require you to do coldcalling etc.

Yay, I'm glad someone else looked into it as much as I did lol. And thanks for mentioning that you know someone in the program and that it's going well. The price is very affordable compared to Nova and other distance programs so I'm glad here in FL we have another option. Have you attended their info session? They have one coming up on 10/25.

Thanks! I'll go ahead and edit that out. 

On ASHA EdFind I couldn't find this school listed in their search either. Seems sketchy at first because in undergrad they stressed to us how important ASHA EdFind was and that we need to make sure the programs we apply to are fully accredited... but I've heard that EdFind is not frequently updated, I think they update it once a year. The University of St. Aug. is a newer program so they may just not be on their yet. On the University of St. Augustine site it says: "It is the intent of the USAHS MS-SLP program to comply with Candidacy status requirements and to seek full accreditation. Currently, Speech-Language Pathology program graduates must hold a degree from a Speech-Language Pathology program that is considered to be in Accreditation Candidate status or fully accredited by the CAA, depending on the state, in order to be eligible to practice as a licensed speech-language pathologist in most states." So basically they are in Candidacy status until 2023, all "emerging and developing" programs have 5 years to get fully accredited if I understand properly. So from now 2018, until 5 years later which will be in 2023 that they should receive full accreditation status if they continue to comply with the CAA standards. This is the link to their CAA letter, on the top it shows the 3 concerns that they need to fix :https://www.asha.org/eweb/CAAawp/0330 University of Saint Augustine for Health Sciences - Austin TX - SLP Candidacy Application 7.2018 AAR.pdf 
After reading through that letter the program seems legit, and the concerns they had don't seem to be a huge deal but I read something about the school being sold. Not sure what that means but I'm too worried to apply and be in a program that might possibly be shut down or something. I may wait and see how it goes for others in the program before applying. And sorry this is an essay but I looked into it and thought I might as well share what I found with anyone else who might be curious