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Master's Degree•114 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 ($84,573)
P25-P75 Interval ($66,412 - $100,537)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)
Institution | State | Earnings | Avg Net Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | PA | $237,136 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $28,699 /yr | - | +$1357k |
Seattle | WA | $201,168 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $14,091 /yr | - | +$1089k |
Cambridge | MA | $168,833 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $19,066 /yr | $63,553 | +$802k |
New York | NY | $108,698 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $21,590 /yr | $74,333 | +$277k |
Baltimore | MD | $106,149 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $18,809 /yr | - | +$259k |
Washington | DC | $100,537 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $36,586 /yr | $67,389 | +$178k |
Boston | MA | $96,565 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $24,402 /yr | $59,608 | +$165k |
New Haven | CT | $93,163 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $23,777 /yr | $66,000 | +$137k |
Atlanta | GA | $88,235 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $22,585 /yr | $66,000 | +$96k |
Conway | SC | $84,573 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $13,966 /yr | $30,750 | +$79k |
Medford | MA | $89,553 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $39,998 /yr | $62,600 | +$75k |
Minneapolis | MN | $84,522 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $16,778 /yr | $55,678 | +$74k |
Philadelphia | PA | $89,003 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $38,509 /yr | $53,500 | +$73k |
Ann Arbor | MI | $80,316 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $13,138 /yr | $57,517 | +$44k |
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Houston | TX | $74,534 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | - /yr | $34,764 | +$17k |
Tuscaloosa | AL | - Nat: $82,527 | $22,420 /yr | - | -$0 |
University of Alaska Fairbanks ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Fairbanks | AK | - Nat: $82,527 | $10,892 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tempe | AZ | - Nat: $82,527 | $14,967 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tucson | AZ | - Nat: $82,527 | $16,674 /yr | - | -$0 |
Davis | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $14,741 /yr | - | -$0 |
Irvine | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $14,251 /yr | - | -$0 |
Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $12,548 /yr | - | -$0 |
Santa Barbara | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $16,109 /yr | - | -$0 |
Santa Cruz | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,890 /yr | - | -$0 |
Loma Linda University ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Loma Linda | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
San Diego | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $15,364 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Diego | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $30,365 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Francisco | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $12,278 /yr | - | -$0 |
Denver | CO | - Nat: $82,527 | $11,900 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boulder | CO | - Nat: $82,527 | $25,346 /yr | - | -$0 |
Regis University ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Denver | CO | - Nat: $82,527 | $18,397 /yr | - | -$0 |
Storrs | CT | - Nat: $82,527 | $25,097 /yr | - | -$0 |
Newark | DE | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,799 /yr | - | -$0 |
Orlando | FL | - Nat: $82,527 | $10,411 /yr | - | -$0 |
Florida Institute of Technology ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Melbourne | FL | - Nat: $82,527 | $35,639 /yr | - | -$0 |
Gainesville | FL | - Nat: $82,527 | $6,541 /yr | - | -$0 |
Jacksonville University ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Jacksonville | FL | - Nat: $82,527 | $25,180 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tampa | FL | - Nat: $82,527 | $9,812 /yr | - | -$0 |
Athens | GA | - Nat: $82,527 | $13,936 /yr | - | -$0 |
Savannah State University ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Savannah | GA | - Nat: $82,527 | $8,172 /yr | - | -$0 |
Honolulu | HI | - Nat: $82,527 | $15,664 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $82,527 | $14,860 /yr | - | -$0 |
Governors State University ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. University Park | IL | - Nat: $82,527 | $12,329 /yr | - | -$0 |
Champaign | IL | - Nat: $82,527 | $14,355 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bloomington | IN | - Nat: $82,527 | $16,264 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ames | IA | - Nat: $82,527 | $18,589 /yr | - | -$0 |
Iowa City | IA | - Nat: $82,527 | $22,531 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lawrence | KS | - Nat: $82,527 | $18,059 /yr | - | -$0 |
Louisville | KY | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,988 /yr | - | -$0 |
Murray | KY | - Nat: $82,527 | $9,096 /yr | - | -$0 |
Thibodaux | LA | - Nat: $82,527 | $12,947 /yr | - | -$0 |
Biddeford | ME | - Nat: $82,527 | $38,107 /yr | - | -$0 |
Frostburg | MD | - Nat: $82,527 | $16,715 /yr | - | -$0 |
Frederick | MD | - Nat: $82,527 | $20,873 /yr | - | -$0 |
University of Maryland Baltimore ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $82,527 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
University of Maryland Eastern Shore ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Princess Anne | MD | - Nat: $82,527 | $13,338 /yr | - | -$0 |
Towson | MD | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,413 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cambridge | MA | - Nat: $82,527 | $31,152 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mount Pleasant | MI | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,597 /yr | - | -$0 |
East Lansing | MI | - Nat: $82,527 | $19,680 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houghton | MI | - Nat: $82,527 | $14,182 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hattiesburg | MS | - Nat: $82,527 | $21,708 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rolla | MO | - Nat: $82,527 | $16,298 /yr | - | -$0 |
The University of Montana ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Missoula | MT | - Nat: $82,527 | $16,784 /yr | - | -$0 |
Montclair | NJ | - Nat: $82,527 | $15,566 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hempstead | NY | - Nat: $82,527 | $34,176 /yr | - | -$0 |
Valhalla | NY | - Nat: $82,527 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
Rochester | NY | - Nat: $82,527 | $29,278 /yr | - | -$0 |
Albany | NY | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,167 /yr | - | -$0 |
Buffalo | NY | - Nat: $82,527 | $20,995 /yr | - | -$0 |
Syracuse | NY | - Nat: $82,527 | $18,952 /yr | - | -$0 |
SUNY Buffalo State University ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Buffalo | NY | - Nat: $82,527 | $11,346 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chapel Hill | NC | - Nat: $82,527 | $11,655 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fargo | ND | - Nat: $82,527 | $15,543 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cleveland | OH | - Nat: $82,527 | $41,190 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kent | OH | - Nat: $82,527 | $20,787 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbus | OH | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,339 /yr | - | -$0 |
University Park | PA | - Nat: $82,527 | $32,875 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $82,527 | $30,434 /yr | - | -$0 |
Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $82,527 | $28,198 /yr | - | -$0 |
Providence | RI | - Nat: $82,527 | $25,184 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kingston | RI | - Nat: $82,527 | $21,440 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charleston | SC | - Nat: $82,527 | $18,960 /yr | - | -$0 |
Medical University of South Carolina ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Charleston | SC | - Nat: $82,527 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbia | SC | - Nat: $82,527 | $22,811 /yr | - | -$0 |
Knoxville | TN | - Nat: $82,527 | $18,976 /yr | - | -$0 |
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Corpus Christi | TX | - Nat: $82,527 | $15,225 /yr | - | -$0 |
Austin | TX | - Nat: $82,527 | $19,857 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fort Worth | TX | - Nat: $82,527 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
Provo | UT | - Nat: $82,527 | $15,564 /yr | - | -$0 |
Logan | UT | - Nat: $82,527 | $14,936 /yr | - | -$0 |
Williamsburg | VA | - Nat: $82,527 | $19,096 /yr | - | -$0 |
Huntington | WV | - Nat: $82,527 | $7,502 /yr | - | -$0 |
Menomonie | WI | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,490 /yr | - | -$0 |
Madison | WI | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,354 /yr | - | -$0 |
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Bayamon | PR | - Nat: $82,527 | $9,284 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mayaguez | PR | - Nat: $82,527 | $17,936 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Juan | PR | - Nat: $82,527 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
Stanford | CA | - Nat: $82,527 | $13,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
Waterbury | CT | - Nat: $82,527 | $10,875 /yr | - | -$0 |
Groton | CT | - Nat: $82,527 | $13,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stamford | CT | - Nat: $82,527 | $16,798 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hartford | CT | - Nat: $82,527 | $16,403 /yr | - | -$0 |
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center ⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI. Memphis | TN | - Nat: $82,527 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
New Orleans | LA | $77,285 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $39,949 /yr | $99,713 | -$32k |
College Station | TX | $73,144 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $21,315 /yr | $28,000 | -$34k |
Coral Gables | FL | $73,547 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $37,244 /yr | $83,360 | -$60k |
La Jolla | CA | $66,412 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $12,470 /yr | $34,436 | -$77k |
Stillwater | OK | $61,509 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $17,447 /yr | - | -$131k |
Fort Lauderdale | FL | $62,655 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $30,371 /yr | $68,145 | -$144k |
San Marcos | TX | $59,573 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $16,805 /yr | - | -$147k |
Boston | MA | $53,164 Nat: $82,527 4yr Post-Grad | $30,915 /yr | - | -$233k |
Fort Collins | CO | $44,356 Nat: $82,527 2yr Post-Grad | $21,279 /yr | - | -$283k |
Wilmington | NC | $42,682 Nat: $82,527 2yr Post-Grad | $20,109 /yr | - | -$298k |
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.
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, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.