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Master's Degree56 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Yale University
New Haven
CT
$88,967
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$23,777
/yr
$61,500
+$301k
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
MA
$87,003
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$20,111
/yr
$56,056
+$291k
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta
GA
$85,081
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$12,116
/yr
$58,158
+$289k
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle
WA
$80,556
Nat: $77,466
2yr Post-Grad
$14,091
/yr
$61,713
+$289k
Montana State University
Bozeman
MT
$87,162
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$22,499
/yr
$21,952
+$288k
Harvard University
Cambridge
MA
$85,062
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$19,066
/yr
$71,250
+$276k
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles
CA
$83,426
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$12,548
/yr
$72,149
+$274k
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York
NY
$83,355
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$21,590
/yr
$111,550
+$257k
CUNY City College
New York
NY
$79,051
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$3,776
/yr
$54,500
+$252k
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis
MO
$80,963
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$21,786
/yr
$85,000
+$236k
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor
MI
$78,083
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$13,138
/yr
$48,759
+$227k
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale
AZ
$73,071
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$51,928
+$208k
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
PA
$78,883
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$28,699
/yr
$78,964
+$205k
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Las Vegas
NV
$74,633
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$10,359
/yr
-
+$202k
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati
OH
$77,629
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$25,648
/yr
$74,291
+$200k
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee
WI
$74,573
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$15,014
/yr
$41,000
+$193k
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign
IL
$73,780
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$14,355
/yr
$38,750
+$188k
Cornell University
Ithaca
NY
$76,785
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$28,690
/yr
$145,928
+$187k
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe
AZ
$73,071
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$14,967
/yr
$51,928
+$180k
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence
RI
$80,220
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$50,507
/yr
$76,145
+$177k
Clemson University
Clemson
SC
$73,050
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$22,253
/yr
$32,653
+$167k
University of Oregon
Eugene
OR
$72,885
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$22,182
/yr
-
+$166k
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
CA
$74,838
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$32,740
/yr
$118,666
+$163k
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield
MI
$74,672
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$32,918
/yr
$36,755
+$161k
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah
GA
$77,917
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$49,430
/yr
$76,406
+$159k
Pratt Institute-Main
Brooklyn
NY
$77,469
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$52,659
/yr
$124,679
+$149k
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte
NC
$68,961
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$15,435
/yr
$27,652
+$144k
University at Buffalo
Buffalo
NY
$69,581
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$20,995
/yr
$41,750
+$139k
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque
NM
$67,085
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$15,489
/yr
$35,529
+$128k
Temple University
Philadelphia
PA
$69,474
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$28,198
/yr
$57,581
+$125k
Iowa State University
Ames
IA
$66,778
Nat: $77,466
4yr Post-Grad
$18,589
/yr
-
+$119k
The School of Architecture
Scottsdale
AZ
-
Nat: $77,466
-
/yr
-
-$0
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena
CA
-
Nat: $77,466
$48,661
/yr
-
-$0
California College of the Arts
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $77,466
$53,909
/yr
$67,940
-$0
Newschool of Architecture and Design
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $77,466
$52,570
/yr
-
-$0
Kansas State University
Manhattan
KS
-
Nat: $77,466
$19,406
/yr
-
-$0
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst
MA
-
Nat: $77,466
$22,383
/yr
-
-$0
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $77,466
$24,100
/yr
-
-$0
Andrews University
Berrien Springs
MI
-
Nat: $77,466
$12,547
/yr
-
-$0
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis
MN
-
Nat: $77,466
$16,778
/yr
$62,450
-$0
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark
NJ
-
Nat: $77,466
$16,504
/yr
-
-$0
Princeton University
Princeton
NJ
-
Nat: $77,466
$6,128
/yr
-
-$0
The New School
New York
NY
-
Nat: $77,466
$58,741
/yr
$106,530
-$0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
NY
-
Nat: $77,466
$36,228
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $77,466
$34,906
/yr
-
-$0
Syracuse University
Syracuse
NY
-
Nat: $77,466
$38,793
/yr
-
-$0
Kent State University at Kent
Kent
OH
-
Nat: $77,466
$20,787
/yr
-
-$0
Miami University-Oxford
Oxford
OH
-
Nat: $77,466
$28,384
/yr
-
-$0
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman
OK
-
Nat: $77,466
$15,300
/yr
-
-$0
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $77,466
$31,944
/yr
-
-$0
Chatham University
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $77,466
$29,954
/yr
-
-$0
Rice University
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $77,466
$13,370
/yr
-
-$0
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $77,466
$16,200
/yr
-
-$0
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville
VA
-
Nat: $77,466
$21,565
/yr
$60,859
-$0
Washington State University
Pullman
WA
-
Nat: $77,466
$14,971
/yr
-
-$0
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia
PA
$33,993
Nat: $77,466
2yr Post-Grad
$28,928
/yr
-
-$187k
Analysis Notes:
  • Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, 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).
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.