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Best Value Colleges for Communication Disorders Sciences and Services

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

50

Schools Ranked

$25,995

Avg. Earnings

3.8 yrs

Best Payback

4,741

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private	$18,389	$54,109	3.8 yrs
2	California Baptist University Riverside, CA · Private	$25,553	$41,406	16 yrs
3	University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR · Public	$18,206	$36,848	39.4 yrs
4	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA · Public	$19,623	$36,941	40.4 yrs
5	Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX · Public	$13,192	$36,294	40.8 yrs
6	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY · Public	$8,084	$35,327	98.9 yrs
7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	$8,393	$26,739	N/A
8	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY · Public	$7,582	$24,421	N/A
9	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA · Private	$25,543	$29,685	N/A
10	Iona University New Rochelle, NY · Private	$30,396	$24,035	N/A
11	Long Island University Brookville, NY · Private	$24,775	$24,201	N/A
12	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public	$11,189	$31,314	N/A
13	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY · Private	$27,080	$17,375	N/A
14	Molloy University Rockville Centre, NY · Private	$25,912	$34,704	N/A
15	Towson University Towson, MD · Public	$17,667	$29,374	N/A
16	Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD · Private	$29,885	$28,960	N/A
17	University of Redlands Redlands, CA · Private	$21,947	$25,194	N/A
18	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA · Public	$16,065	$28,443	N/A
19	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX · Private	$33,018	$23,113	N/A
20	Biola University La Mirada, CA · Private	$30,789	$26,585	N/A
21	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD · Public	$17,360	$22,094	N/A
22	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public	$16,134	$29,322	N/A
23	Texas State University San Marcos, TX · Public	$12,996	$29,685	N/A
24	Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN · Private	$16,625	$32,382	N/A
25	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA · Public	$18,026	$22,920	N/A
26	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA · Public	$19,216	$26,739	N/A
27	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	$11,505	$21,508	N/A
28	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA · Public	$12,224	$27,765	N/A
29	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA · Public	$10,780	$22,534	N/A
30	Baylor University Waco, TX · Private	$31,907	$30,984	N/A
31	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public	$16,667	$20,748	N/A
32	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA · Public	$24,139	$27,488	N/A
33	The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY · Private	$21,534	$29,685	N/A
34	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA · Public	$12,602	$23,869	N/A
35	California State University-Chico Chico, CA · Public	$16,738	$27,548	N/A
36	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA · Public	$15,615	$29,685	N/A
37	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR · Public	$16,256	$32,569	N/A
38	Illinois State University Normal, IL · Public	$19,293	$19,455	N/A
39	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA · Public	$9,017	$25,194	N/A
40	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY · Public	$18,700	$24,615	N/A
41	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public	$18,204	$26,353	N/A
42	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI · Public	$15,720	$14,442	N/A
43	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public	$27,137	$24,562	N/A
44	Temple University Philadelphia, PA · Public	$21,568	$26,643	N/A
45	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA · Public	$16,819	$26,353	N/A
46	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	$10,364	$24,035	N/A
47	Ball State University Muncie, IN · Public	$15,158	$24,730	N/A
48	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	$13,644	$24,863	N/A
49	San Diego State University San Diego, CA · Public	$14,698	$22,892	N/A
50	Emerson College Boston, MA · Private	$37,774	$21,508	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.