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Best Schools for Communication Disorders Sciences and Services in 2026

103 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Communication Disorders Sciences and Services graduate earns $25,393/yr across 103 schools.

Programs Ranked

103

Avg Earnings

$25,393/yr

Avg DW Score

32/100

AI Risk

High

51% task exposure

All Communication Disorders Sciences and Services Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	School	DW Score	Earnings	ROI
1	Nevada State University Henderson, NV · Public	52 49–52	$47,833/yr	17.8x
2	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA · Public	50 54–51	$34,924/yr	25.7x
3	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY · Public	49 53–50	$36,241/yr	21.7x
4	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY · Public	43 48–44	$26,817/yr	24.6x
5	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public	42 48–43	$29,270/yr	22.6x
6	San Diego State University San Diego, CA · Public	42 43–42	$22,378/yr	21.7x
7	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA · Public	42 47–42	$27,296/yr	22.3x
8	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY · Public	42 44–42	$23,108/yr	22.8x
9	Portland State University Portland, OR · Public	42 46–43	$35,615/yr	12.6x
10	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	41 43–41	$37,074/yr	10.8x
11	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA · Public	41 43–42	$22,310/yr	23.7x
12	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL · Public	41 45–41	$26,539/yr	37.2x
13	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA · Public	40 44–41	$24,594/yr	22.2x
14	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public	40 38–40	$13,371/yr	26.5x
15	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD · Public	40 46–41	$31,105/yr	13.9x
16	Worcester State University Worcester, MA · Public	40 45–41	$34,142/yr	12.6x
17	California State University-Chico Chico, CA · Public	39 46–40	$29,297/yr	18.2x
18	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA · Public	39 41–39	$22,463/yr	21.3x
19	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA · Public	39 41–39	$22,915/yr	19.5x
20	University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public	39 44–40	$26,539/yr	22.2x
21	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY · Public	39 42–39	$24,952/yr	15.4x
22	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY · Public	39 43–39	$25,475/yr	18.0x
23	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK · Public	38 43–38	$26,921/yr	15.1x
24	Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX · Public	38 42–39	$34,509/yr	11.9x
25	Utah State University Logan, UT · Public	38 44–39	$30,239/yr	15.2x
26	Towson University Towson, MD · Public	37 39–37	$23,463/yr	13.6x
27	Appalachian State University Boone, NC · Public	37 34–37	$12,383/yr	18.4x
28	Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private nonprofit	37 37–37	$21,220/yr	20.1x
29	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	37 41–38	$25,791/yr	13.0x
30	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA · Public	37 36–37	$19,512/yr	15.7x
31	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA · Public	36 33–36	$10,746/yr	14.8x
32	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO · Public	36 42–37	$30,971/yr	14.3x
33	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV · Public	36 39–36	$23,733/yr	15.5x
34	SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY · Public	36 40–37	$24,536/yr	15.8x
35	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI · Public	36 41–37	$34,633/yr	8.2x
36	University of Houston Houston, TX · Public	36 42–37	$30,395/yr	13.6x
37	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public	36 40–37	$24,949/yr	14.5x
38	Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT · Public	35 38–36	$24,025/yr	12.1x
39	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL · Public	35 39–35	$26,286/yr	18.7x
40	University of South Florida Tampa, FL · Public	35 41–35	$28,425/yr	18.3x
41	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA · Public	35 41–35	$28,612/yr	19.2x
42	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS · Public	35 41–36	$30,227/yr	11.7x
43	Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA · Public	35 39–35	$26,032/yr	15.4x
44	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX · Public	35 36–35	$21,555/yr	15.4x
45	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	35 33–35	$14,668/yr	13.2x
46	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	34 40–35	$29,620/yr	9.5x
47	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL · Public	34 39–35	$34,136/yr	9.6x
48	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA · Public	34 35–34	$21,969/yr	12.9x
49	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA · Public	34 33–34	$18,575/yr	12.0x
50	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM · Public	34 36–34	$23,532/yr	15.5x
51	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC · Public	34 37–34	$24,521/yr	24.2x
52	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public	34 36–35	$22,286/yr	12.4x
53	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN · Public	33 37–33	$26,496/yr	11.4x
54	University of Mississippi University, MS · Public	33 36–33	$24,300/yr	13.6x
55	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA · Public	33 31–33	$12,621/yr	12.3x
56	University of North Texas Denton, TX · Public	33 39–34	$28,337/yr	11.7x
57	Texas A & M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX · Public	33 34–33	$22,853/yr	12.9x
58	Washington State University Pullman, WA · Public	33 38–33	$27,463/yr	10.6x
59	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	32 38–32	$28,702/yr	15.6x
60	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	32 35–33	$23,509/yr	10.8x
61	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ · Public	32 35–33	$37,074/yr	—
62	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL · Public	31 37–32	$29,044/yr	10.5x
63	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	31 34–31	$24,044/yr	9.9x
64	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public	31 34–31	$24,628/yr	8.7x
65	Idaho State University Pocatello, ID · Public	31 32–31	$21,587/yr	14.0x
66	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public	31 37–32	$30,693/yr	7.6x
67	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI · Public	30 32–30	$23,102/yr	8.7x
68	Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales, NM · Public	30 34–30	$26,335/yr	14.8x
69	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH · Public	30 33–30	$23,758/yr	9.7x
70	California Baptist University Riverside, CA · Private nonprofit	29 31–29	$38,559/yr	2.4x
71	Wichita State University Wichita, KS · Public	29 29–29	$21,429/yr	11.9x
72	University of Maine Orono, ME · Public	29 35–30	$30,231/yr	9.1x
73	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI · Public	29 31–29	$23,752/yr	9.0x
74	Wayne State University Detroit, MI · Public	29 32–29	$24,474/yr	8.8x
75	Baylor University Waco, TX · Private nonprofit	29 31–29	$38,174/yr	1.9x
76	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA · Public	29 32–30	$23,664/yr	10.1x
77	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO · Public	28 32–28	$26,636/yr	10.3x
78	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	28 30–28	$23,203/yr	7.7x
79	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH · Public	28 33–28	$27,742/yr	9.1x
80	University of Oregon Eugene, OR · Public	28 29–28	$21,762/yr	8.1x
81	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA · Public	27 32–27	$26,396/yr	10.2x
82	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX · Public	27 32–27	$26,577/yr	8.1x
83	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO · Public	26 30–26	$26,425/yr	9.0x
84	Temple University Philadelphia, PA · Public	26 25–26	$17,826/yr	5.7x
85	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY · Private nonprofit	24 23–24	$19,067/yr	2.6x
86	Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA · Public	23 27–23	$25,281/yr	5.4x
87	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA · Public	23 22–23	$18,766/yr	9.1x
88	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA · Public	23 29–24	$27,901/yr	5.1x
89	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX · Public	23 28–23	$27,008/yr	—
90	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA · Public	23 25–24	$22,567/yr	6.3x
91	Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge, LA · Public	23 26–23	$25,281/yr	—
92	Jackson State University Jackson, MS · Public	22 20–22	$17,858/yr	3.9x
93	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN · Public	22 22–22	$19,480/yr	—
94	College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA · Private nonprofit	21 27–22	$31,890/yr	2.3x
95	William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ · Public	21 24–21	$24,702/yr	3.1x
96	University of Redlands Redlands, CA · Private nonprofit	20 20–20	$21,354/yr	2.0x
97	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT · Public	19 21–20	$22,345/yr	2.2x
98	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT · Public	19 21–20	$22,345/yr	2.2x
99	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT · Public	19 21–20	$22,345/yr	2.2x
100	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT · Public	19 21–20	$22,345/yr	2.2x
101	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT · Public	18 20–19	$22,345/yr	1.7x
102	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Gurabo, PR · Private nonprofit	17 14–17	$9,121/yr	5.1x
103	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Mercedita, PR · Private nonprofit	16 14–16	$9,347/yr	4.0x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Communication Disorders Sciences and Services?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, Nevada State University ranks #1 for Communication Disorders Sciences and Services with a score of 52/100 and graduate earnings of $47,833/yr.

How much do Communication Disorders Sciences and Services graduates earn?

Across 103 schools, Communication Disorders Sciences and Services graduates earn an average of $25,393/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $47,833/yr.

Is Communication Disorders Sciences and Services a good major for AI resistance?

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services has an average AI task exposure of 51%, rated "High". This field has significant AI exposure. Check individual program pages for scenario analysis.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.