Master's · Indiana, Pennsylvania
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Indiana University of Pennsylvania 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
- $61,963
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $63,347
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $38,407
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $41k (likely $41k – $41k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$7k 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
- −$300k (likely −$381k – −$210k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$401k (likely −$559k – −$226k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Master's)$115,062
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$110,617
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other (Doctoral)$94,212
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$90,853
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$90,257
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$84,825
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$82,484
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$82,343
- Public Health (Master's)$80,017
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$79,646
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$77,097
- Economics (Bachelor's)$75,865
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
- Duquesne University$63,278