Master's · Cleveland, Ohio
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Cleveland 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 13.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $58,173
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,158
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $50,002
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $53k (likely $53k – $53k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 13.9 years (likely 7.7–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$176k (likely −$255k – −$89k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$70k (likely −$248k – $133k)
- 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 Ohio
- Miami University-Oxford$67,850
- Ohio University-Main Campus$66,552
- Case Western Reserve University$66,441
- Baldwin Wallace University$65,439
- University of Akron Main Campus$60,319
- Ohio State University-Main Campus$59,984
- Bowling Green State University-Main Campus$56,571
- Kent State University at Kent$56,380
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus$53,589