Master's · Normal, Alabama
Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at Alabama A & M 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 15.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,094
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,427
- 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
- $6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 15.6 years (likely 4.1–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$143k (likely −$236k – −$37k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$121k (likely −$304k – $88k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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Communication Disorders Sciences and Services at other schools in Alabama
- The University of Alabama$68,683
- University of South Alabama$65,988
- Auburn University$60,041
- Samford University$57,010
- University of Montevallo$56,783
- Faulkner University$55,517