Master's · Allendale, Michigan
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Grand Valley 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
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 17 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,930
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $69,121
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $61,277
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $65k (likely $65k – $65k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 17 years (likely 9.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$211k (likely −$286k – −$129k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$111k (likely −$284k – $85k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$93,683
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Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at other schools in Michigan
- Western Michigan University$64,565
- Central Michigan University$63,316
- Calvin University$63,146
- Wayne State University$63,124
- Michigan State University$62,529
- Eastern Michigan University$61,716
- Andrews University$60,673