Bachelor's · San Antonio, Texas
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Our Lady of the Lake University 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $52,353
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $64k (likely $64k – $84k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $16k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.9 years (likely 3.9–10.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$78k (likely −$174k – $16k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $114k (likely −$66k – $311k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 44%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Our Lady of the Lake University
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$97,072
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$94,546
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$80,366
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$67,919
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$66,803
- Social Work (Master's)$62,913
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$59,876
- Psychology, General (Master's)$58,231
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$53,882
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$53,505
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$51,943
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$48,915
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at other schools in Texas
- Abilene Christian University$70,864
- Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online$70,864
- Texas Christian University$69,730
- The University of Texas at Austin$67,405
- Texas State University$66,995
- Baylor University$63,909
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center$63,026
- Stephen F Austin State University$61,476
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$59,624
- Texas Woman's University$59,564