Master's · Buffalo, New York
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at University at Buffalo worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $60,647
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $65,844
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 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
- −$241k (likely −$339k – −$131k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$241k (likely −$443k – $1k)
- 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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- Dentistry (First professional)$198,110
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$126,513
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$114,480
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$112,025
- Chemistry (Doctoral)$109,414
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$109,221
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$106,183
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- Chemical Engineering (Master's)$102,730
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at other schools in New York
- CUNY Hunter College$91,520
- CUNY Lehman College$86,743
- Teachers College at Columbia University$85,922
- CUNY Queens College$83,444
- CUNY Brooklyn College$83,379
- St. John's University-New York$82,141
- Mercy University$81,952
- Iona University$81,790
- Hofstra University$81,440
- Long Island University$80,433