Master's · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at University of Tulsa worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 16.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $63,663; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $64,894; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $69k (likely $69k – $69k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OK; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 16.8 years (likely 6.4–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$180k (likely −$295k – −$44k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$111k (likely −$341k – $183k); Today's dollars

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