Master's · University Park, Pennsylvania
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 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 15.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $63,079
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $73,153
- 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
- $3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 15.4 years (likely 5.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$202k (likely −$322k – −$48k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$112k (likely −$385k – $214k)
- 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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$166,387
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$158,815
- Physics (Master's)$150,865
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$145,507
- Information Science/Studies (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$141,703
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$140,589
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$140,393
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$139,676
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Master's)$138,103
- Computational Science (Master's)$137,367
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$134,369
- Business/Commerce, General (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$134,050
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
- Moravian University$66,692
- Lebanon Valley College$64,295
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania$63,727
- Duquesne University$63,278
- Misericordia University$62,199