Master's · Normal, Illinois
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Illinois State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $64,250
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,456
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,680
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $25k (likely $25k – $25k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$239k (likely −$315k – −$163k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$335k (likely −$481k – −$184k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at other schools in Illinois
- Northwestern University$71,781
- Rush University$70,764
- Saint Xavier University$69,420
- Lewis University$68,236
- Midwestern University-Downers Grove$67,553
- Elmhurst University$66,310
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$64,614
- Northern Illinois University$63,768
- Eastern Illinois University$61,989
- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale$59,795