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Master's Degree•140 Institutions
Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.
Annual Full Cost vs. Median Earnings
Each dot represents one program at an institution. Shows the spread of annual sticker price (or net price if sticker price is unavailable) vs earnings 4 years post-grad.
Field Median ($46,511)
P25-P75 Interval ($38,289 - $60,382)
Bachelor's Baseline ($56,938)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)
These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →
Institution | State | Earnings | Avg Net Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Denton | TX | $98,760 Nat: $61,276 5yr Post-Grad | $15,358 /yr | - | +$185k |
Birmingham | AL | - Nat: $61,276 | $15,630 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tuscaloosa | AL | - Nat: $61,276 | $20,202 /yr | - | -$0 |
Anchorage | AK | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,077 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fairbanks | AK | - Nat: $61,276 | $7,570 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tempe | AZ | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,694 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tucson | AZ | - Nat: $61,276 | $17,125 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fayetteville | AR | - Nat: $61,276 | $17,571 /yr | - | -$0 |
La Mirada | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $32,530 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bakersfield | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $4,001 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chico | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,157 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fullerton | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $5,115 /yr | - | -$0 |
Long Beach | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $9,426 /yr | - | -$0 |
Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $2,385 /yr | - | -$0 |
Northridge | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $6,346 /yr | - | -$0 |
Sacramento | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $11,186 /yr | - | -$0 |
Davis | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,318 /yr | - | -$0 |
Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,659 /yr | - | -$0 |
Riverside | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $12,672 /yr | - | -$0 |
Santa Barbara | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $16,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
Arcata | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,751 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Diego | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,243 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Francisco | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $9,803 /yr | - | -$0 |
Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $61,276 | $33,056 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boulder | CO | - Nat: $61,276 | $23,708 /yr | - | -$0 |
Storrs | CT | - Nat: $61,276 | $24,342 /yr | - | -$0 |
Washington | DC | - Nat: $61,276 | $35,760 /yr | - | -$0 |
Orlando | FL | - Nat: $61,276 | $11,516 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boca Raton | FL | - Nat: $61,276 | $10,394 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tallahassee | FL | - Nat: $61,276 | $8,605 /yr | - | -$0 |
Gainesville | FL | - Nat: $61,276 | $5,969 /yr | - | -$0 |
Coral Gables | FL | - Nat: $61,276 | $36,483 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pensacola | FL | - Nat: $61,276 | $9,443 /yr | - | -$0 |
Atlanta | GA | - Nat: $61,276 | $16,754 /yr | - | -$0 |
Honolulu | HI | - Nat: $61,276 | $11,122 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boise | ID | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,423 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pocatello | ID | - Nat: $61,276 | $8,910 /yr | - | -$0 |
Moscow | ID | - Nat: $61,276 | $15,321 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $61,276 | $16,776 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $61,276 | $9,540 /yr | - | -$0 |
Champaign | IL | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,042 /yr | - | -$0 |
Normal | IL | - Nat: $61,276 | $17,829 /yr | - | -$0 |
Dekalb | IL | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,505 /yr | - | -$0 |
Evanston | IL | - Nat: $61,276 | $34,420 /yr | - | -$0 |
Carbondale | IL | - Nat: $61,276 | $12,554 /yr | - | -$0 |
Muncie | IN | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,877 /yr | - | -$0 |
Indianapolis | IN | - Nat: $61,276 | $19,536 /yr | - | -$0 |
Notre Dame | IN | - Nat: $61,276 | $25,339 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ames | IA | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,517 /yr | - | -$0 |
Iowa City | IA | - Nat: $61,276 | $22,508 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lawrence | KS | - Nat: $61,276 | $20,004 /yr | - | -$0 |
Wichita | KS | - Nat: $61,276 | $10,307 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lexington | KY | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,868 /yr | - | -$0 |
Louisville | KY | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,960 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baton Rouge | LA | - Nat: $61,276 | $19,286 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Orleans | LA | - Nat: $61,276 | $40,693 /yr | - | -$0 |
Orono | ME | - Nat: $61,276 | $17,224 /yr | - | -$0 |
College Park | MD | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,296 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boston | MA | - Nat: $61,276 | $36,503 /yr | $129,966 | -$0 |
Waltham | MA | - Nat: $61,276 | $30,606 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cambridge | MA | - Nat: $61,276 | $19,148 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ann Arbor | MI | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,362 /yr | - | -$0 |
East Lansing | MI | - Nat: $61,276 | $21,322 /yr | - | -$0 |
Detroit | MI | - Nat: $61,276 | $11,212 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kalamazoo | MI | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,902 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mankato | MN | - Nat: $61,276 | $19,702 /yr | - | -$0 |
University | MS | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,752 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mississippi State | MS | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,781 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hattiesburg | MS | - Nat: $61,276 | $21,172 /yr | - | -$0 |
Omaha | NE | - Nat: $61,276 | $32,456 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lincoln | NE | - Nat: $61,276 | $16,214 /yr | - | -$0 |
Las Vegas | NV | - Nat: $61,276 | $11,062 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Brunswick | NJ | - Nat: $61,276 | $24,897 /yr | - | -$0 |
Portales | NM | - Nat: $61,276 | $5,238 /yr | - | -$0 |
Albuquerque | NM | - Nat: $61,276 | $19,966 /yr | - | -$0 |
Las Cruces | NM | - Nat: $61,276 | $6,313 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | $15,370 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | $1,051 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | $48,163 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | $35,737 /yr | - | -$0 |
Albany | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,266 /yr | - | -$0 |
Buffalo | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | $21,775 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stony Brook | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,902 /yr | - | -$0 |
Syracuse | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | $43,336 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $61,276 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
Durham | NC | - Nat: $61,276 | $23,706 /yr | - | -$0 |
Greenville | NC | - Nat: $61,276 | $16,880 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charlotte | NC | - Nat: $61,276 | $15,142 /yr | - | -$0 |
Raleigh | NC | - Nat: $61,276 | $16,486 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fargo | ND | - Nat: $61,276 | $15,636 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cleveland | OH | - Nat: $61,276 | $44,622 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cincinnati | OH | - Nat: $61,276 | $24,917 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kent | OH | - Nat: $61,276 | $20,294 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbus | OH | - Nat: $61,276 | $17,269 /yr | - | -$0 |
Norman | OK | - Nat: $61,276 | $15,531 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tulsa | OK | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,511 /yr | - | -$0 |
Corvallis | OR | - Nat: $61,276 | $21,504 /yr | - | -$0 |
Eugene | OR | - Nat: $61,276 | $22,547 /yr | - | -$0 |
Portland | OR | - Nat: $61,276 | $8,337 /yr | - | -$0 |
Saint Davids | PA | - Nat: $61,276 | $27,498 /yr | - | -$0 |
Erie | PA | - Nat: $61,276 | $26,486 /yr | - | -$0 |
Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $61,276 | $23,058 /yr | - | -$0 |
Providence | RI | - Nat: $61,276 | $26,976 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbia | SC | - Nat: $61,276 | $22,197 /yr | - | -$0 |
Memphis | TN | - Nat: $61,276 | $12,192 /yr | - | -$0 |
Knoxville | TN | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,314 /yr | - | -$0 |
Nashville | TN | - Nat: $61,276 | $15,497 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houston | TX | - Nat: $61,276 | $11,439 /yr | - | -$0 |
College Station | TX | - Nat: $61,276 | $21,527 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Antonio | TX | - Nat: $61,276 | $9,872 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lubbock | TX | - Nat: $61,276 | $19,890 /yr | - | -$0 |
Provo | UT | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,397 /yr | - | -$0 |
Logan | UT | - Nat: $61,276 | $12,644 /yr | - | -$0 |
Salt Lake City | UT | - Nat: $61,276 | $27,314 /yr | - | -$0 |
Williamsburg | VA | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,880 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fairfax | VA | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,697 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charlottesville | VA | - Nat: $61,276 | $18,056 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pullman | WA | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,462 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bellingham | WA | - Nat: $61,276 | $19,963 /yr | - | -$0 |
Madison | WI | - Nat: $61,276 | $16,600 /yr | - | -$0 |
Laramie | WY | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,647 /yr | - | -$0 |
West Lafayette | IN | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,851 /yr | - | -$0 |
Waterbury | CT | - Nat: $61,276 | $8,616 /yr | - | -$0 |
Groton | CT | - Nat: $61,276 | $11,184 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stamford | CT | - Nat: $61,276 | $14,226 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bend | OR | - Nat: $61,276 | $17,853 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hartford | CT | - Nat: $61,276 | $13,961 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tampa | FL | $74,546 Nat: $61,276 5yr Post-Grad | $8,648 /yr | - | -$11k |
Washington | DC | $72,679 Nat: $61,276 5yr Post-Grad | $41,302 /yr | - | -$87k |
Vestal | NY | $60,382 Nat: $61,276 4yr Post-Grad | $20,907 /yr | $30,798 | -$148k |
Flagstaff | AZ | $57,283 Nat: $61,276 4yr Post-Grad | $17,265 /yr | - | -$170k |
Reno | NV | $50,439 Nat: $61,276 2yr Post-Grad | $13,797 /yr | - | -$210k |
Atlanta | GA | $46,511 Nat: $61,276 4yr Post-Grad | $12,365 /yr | - | -$265k |
Denver | CO | $42,682 Nat: $61,276 2yr Post-Grad | $10,217 /yr | - | -$282k |
San Marcos | TX | $38,289 Nat: $61,276 2yr Post-Grad | $16,660 /yr | $36,064 | -$339k |
West Long Branch | NJ | $40,467 Nat: $61,276 2yr Post-Grad | $30,978 /yr | - | -$343k |
Denver | CO | $39,927 Nat: $61,276 2yr Post-Grad | $31,961 /yr | - | -$350k |
Missoula | MT | $37,208 Nat: $61,276 2yr Post-Grad | $21,302 /yr | - | -$359k |
Milwaukee | WI | $33,281 Nat: $61,276 2yr Post-Grad | $15,625 /yr | - | -$389k |
Fort Collins | CO | $20,140 Nat: $61,276 2yr Post-Grad | $22,247 /yr | - | -$540k |
Analysis Notes:
- Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median bachelor's degree holder, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes.
- Avg Net Price: The average price paid by students who receive federal financial aid (grants/loans).Note: For graduate programs, the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition and net price.