Master's · Mankato, Minnesota

Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Minnesota State University-Mankato 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: $62,183; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $67,468; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $30,363; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $32k (likely $32k – $32k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 17 years (likely 6.1–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$176k (likely −$257k – −$90k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$129k (likely −$312k – $55k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.