Master's · Charlottesville, Virginia

Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at University of Virginia-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 9.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $71,471; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $79,829; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $66,299; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $70k (likely $70k – $70k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $12k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in VA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 9.7 years (likely 5.6–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$141k (likely −$245k – −$8k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $42k (likely −$196k – $329k); Today's dollars

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