US College Programs

Communication Sciences and Disorders (Bachelor's) Programs in New York, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 7 programs report first-year pay
  • 7 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Communication Disorders Sciences and Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median New York communication sciences and disorders bachelor's program pays its graduates $24,952 in their first year, $127 more than the national median. Lehman College reports the highest first-year pay ($36,241), and Queens College the lowest median debt ($8,500).

Median first-year pay$24,952National $24,826
Median pay after 5 years$70,376National $59,051
Median federal debt$24,650National $22,217
Debt-to-earnings88%National 80%

All 7 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

10 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every New York communication sciences and disorders program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 7 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Lehman College$36,241
  2. Brooklyn College$26,817
  3. SUNY New Paltz$25,475
  4. University at Buffalo$24,952
  5. SUNY Plattsburgh$24,536

Lowest median debt

  1. Queens College$8,500
  2. Lehman College$11,544
  3. Brooklyn College$14,250
  4. University at Buffalo$21,944
  5. St. John's University$23,250

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. Lehman College32%
  2. Queens College37%
  3. Brooklyn College53%
  4. University at Buffalo88%
  5. SUNY New Paltz98%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to communication sciences and disorders, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Speech-Language Pathologists

$100,610

Median pay in New York. 15,310 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 17% from 2025 to 2035, with about 12,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.

Bottom 10%: $64,980Top 10%: $157,920

Audiologists

$100,860

Median pay in New York. 690 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 11% from 2025 to 2035, with about 600 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.

Bottom 10%: $76,940Top 10%: $129,530

Common questions

Lehman College in Bronx reports the highest median first-year pay, $36,241. Its median federal debt is $11,544.

Related pages

Communication Sciences and Disorders (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked98 programs by pay and debt

About this data

  • Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
  • Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
  • Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the communication sciences and disorders bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024