Master's · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Duquesne University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $72,817
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,968
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $35,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $38k (likely $38k – $38k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 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
- −$244k (likely −$326k – −$153k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$313k (likely −$474k – −$141k)
- 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 Pennsylvania
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania$73,986
- Marywood University$73,500
- Drexel University$71,853
- Temple University$68,990
- La Salle University$68,537
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$68,105
- Moravian University$66,692
- Lebanon Valley College$64,295
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania$63,727
- Misericordia University$62,199