The Master of Education of the Deaf (MDE) is a one to two-year program emphasizing the training needed to develop communication skills in deaf and hard-of-hearing children through interdisciplinary teacher training in audiology, speech-language pathology, and deaf education.
MDE students begin their studies each fall.
Completely Funded
“Project Deaf Education: Meeting Student Needs through Education, Speech, and Audiology” federal grant covers 100% of tuition.
The MDE program at Vanderbilt is for full-time, residential students only.
MDE students work and learn alongside MS-SLP and AuD students on the Specialty Track for Pediatric Hearing Loss, and have opportunities to work with deaf/hard-of-hearing children.
Praxis pass rate
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Doctor of Audiology program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Interested in Vanderbilt’s Master of Education of the Deaf (MDE) program? Take the next step and explore our curriculum and admissions process, then schedule a prospective student visit or email us for more information.