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Master's Degree•128 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 ($111,149)
P25-P75 Interval ($102,523 - $116,890)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raleigh | NC | $131,873 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $16,486 /yr | - | +$488k |
Houston | TX | $125,334 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $11,439 /yr | - | +$441k |
Boston | MA | $122,043 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $29,060 /yr | - | +$380k |
Tempe | AZ | $116,890 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $14,694 /yr | - | +$362k |
Berkeley | CA | $114,034 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $14,538 /yr | - | +$337k |
New York | NY | $114,037 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $15,370 /yr | - | +$335k |
Villanova | PA | $121,409 Nat: $115,468 5yr Post-Grad | $41,536 /yr | - | +$331k |
Philadelphia | PA | $116,242 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $37,529 /yr | - | +$314k |
Newark | NJ | $110,950 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $18,783 /yr | - | +$302k |
Chicago | IL | $111,149 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $22,443 /yr | - | +$297k |
Louisville | KY | $104,744 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $14,960 /yr | - | +$255k |
Stanford | CA | $99,517 Nat: $115,468 2yr Post-Grad | $12,307 /yr | - | +$249k |
Buffalo | NY | $102,730 Nat: $115,468 4yr Post-Grad | $21,775 /yr | - | +$225k |
Ann Arbor | MI | $102,523 Nat: $115,468 5yr Post-Grad | $14,362 /yr | - | +$219k |
Los Angeles | CA | $96,183 Nat: $115,468 2yr Post-Grad | $33,056 /yr | - | +$181k |
Riverdale | NY | $99,825 Nat: $115,468 5yr Post-Grad | $25,074 /yr | - | +$176k |
Huntsville | AL | - Nat: $115,468 | $22,758 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tuscaloosa | AL | - Nat: $115,468 | $20,202 /yr | - | -$0 |
Auburn | AL | - Nat: $115,468 | $25,424 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mobile | AL | - Nat: $115,468 | $16,801 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tucson | AZ | - Nat: $115,468 | $17,125 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fayetteville | AR | - Nat: $115,468 | $17,571 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pasadena | CA | - Nat: $115,468 | $8,509 /yr | - | -$0 |
Davis | CA | - Nat: $115,468 | $14,318 /yr | - | -$0 |
Irvine | CA | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,866 /yr | - | -$0 |
Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $115,468 | $14,659 /yr | - | -$0 |
Riverside | CA | - Nat: $115,468 | $12,672 /yr | - | -$0 |
La Jolla | CA | - Nat: $115,468 | $14,794 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boulder | CO | - Nat: $115,468 | $23,708 /yr | - | -$0 |
Golden | CO | - Nat: $115,468 | $32,901 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fort Collins | CO | - Nat: $115,468 | $22,247 /yr | - | -$0 |
Storrs | CT | - Nat: $115,468 | $24,342 /yr | - | -$0 |
Newark | DE | - Nat: $115,468 | $16,337 /yr | - | -$0 |
Melbourne | FL | - Nat: $115,468 | $36,511 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tallahassee | FL | - Nat: $115,468 | $8,605 /yr | - | -$0 |
Gainesville | FL | - Nat: $115,468 | $5,969 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tampa | FL | - Nat: $115,468 | $8,648 /yr | - | -$0 |
Atlanta | GA | - Nat: $115,468 | $12,028 /yr | - | -$0 |
Moscow | ID | - Nat: $115,468 | $15,321 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $115,468 | $16,776 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $115,468 | $9,540 /yr | - | -$0 |
Champaign | IL | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,042 /yr | - | -$0 |
Evanston | IL | - Nat: $115,468 | $34,420 /yr | - | -$0 |
Notre Dame | IN | - Nat: $115,468 | $25,339 /yr | - | -$0 |
Terre Haute | IN | - Nat: $115,468 | $43,360 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ames | IA | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,517 /yr | - | -$0 |
Iowa City | IA | - Nat: $115,468 | $22,508 /yr | - | -$0 |
Manhattan | KS | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,210 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lexington | KY | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,868 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baton Rouge | LA | - Nat: $115,468 | $19,286 /yr | - | -$0 |
Orono | ME | - Nat: $115,468 | $17,224 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,431 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $115,468 | $25,203 /yr | - | -$0 |
College Park | MD | - Nat: $115,468 | $14,296 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lowell | MA | - Nat: $115,468 | $17,362 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cambridge | MA | - Nat: $115,468 | $14,815 /yr | - | -$0 |
Medford | MA | - Nat: $115,468 | $38,797 /yr | - | -$0 |
Worcester | MA | - Nat: $115,468 | $43,885 /yr | - | -$0 |
East Lansing | MI | - Nat: $115,468 | $21,322 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houghton | MI | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,446 /yr | - | -$0 |
Detroit | MI | - Nat: $115,468 | $11,212 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kalamazoo | MI | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,902 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbia | MO | - Nat: $115,468 | $21,142 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rolla | MO | - Nat: $115,468 | $15,772 /yr | - | -$0 |
St. Louis | MO | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,360 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bozeman | MT | - Nat: $115,468 | $23,106 /yr | - | -$0 |
Reno | NV | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,797 /yr | - | -$0 |
Princeton | NJ | - Nat: $115,468 | $7,815 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Brunswick | NJ | - Nat: $115,468 | $24,897 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hoboken | NJ | - Nat: $115,468 | $37,396 /yr | - | -$0 |
Albuquerque | NM | - Nat: $115,468 | $19,966 /yr | - | -$0 |
Las Cruces | NM | - Nat: $115,468 | $6,313 /yr | - | -$0 |
Potsdam | NY | - Nat: $115,468 | $32,137 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $115,468 | $12,999 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $115,468 | $1,557 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $115,468 | $35,737 /yr | - | -$0 |
Troy | NY | - Nat: $115,468 | $32,758 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rochester | NY | - Nat: $115,468 | $34,347 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stony Brook | NY | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,902 /yr | - | -$0 |
Syracuse | NY | - Nat: $115,468 | $43,336 /yr | - | -$0 |
Greensboro | NC | - Nat: $115,468 | $9,884 /yr | - | -$0 |
Grand Forks | ND | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,131 /yr | - | -$0 |
Akron | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,072 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cleveland | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $44,622 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cincinnati | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $24,917 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cleveland | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,754 /yr | - | -$0 |
Dayton | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $30,366 /yr | - | -$0 |
Oxford | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $29,447 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbus | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $17,269 /yr | - | -$0 |
Athens | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $20,666 /yr | - | -$0 |
Toledo | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $16,406 /yr | - | -$0 |
Youngstown | OH | - Nat: $115,468 | $9,161 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tulsa | OK | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,511 /yr | - | -$0 |
Corvallis | OR | - Nat: $115,468 | $21,504 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lewisburg | PA | - Nat: $115,468 | $50,021 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $115,468 | $35,780 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bethlehem | PA | - Nat: $115,468 | $25,272 /yr | - | -$0 |
University Park | PA | - Nat: $115,468 | $33,675 /yr | - | -$0 |
Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $115,468 | $29,577 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $115,468 | $29,362 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chester | PA | - Nat: $115,468 | $26,151 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kingston | RI | - Nat: $115,468 | $22,469 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbia | SC | - Nat: $115,468 | $22,197 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rapid City | SD | - Nat: $115,468 | $20,827 /yr | - | -$0 |
Knoxville | TN | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,314 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cookeville | TN | - Nat: $115,468 | $16,830 /yr | - | -$0 |
Nashville | TN | - Nat: $115,468 | $15,497 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houston | TX | - Nat: $115,468 | $11,164 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kingsville | TX | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,212 /yr | - | -$0 |
College Station | TX | - Nat: $115,468 | $21,527 /yr | - | -$0 |
Austin | TX | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,554 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lubbock | TX | - Nat: $115,468 | $19,890 /yr | - | -$0 |
Provo | UT | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,397 /yr | - | -$0 |
Salt Lake City | UT | - Nat: $115,468 | $27,314 /yr | - | -$0 |
Blacksburg | VA | - Nat: $115,468 | $25,808 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charlottesville | VA | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,056 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pullman | WA | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,462 /yr | - | -$0 |
Seattle | WA | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,663 /yr | - | -$0 |
Morgantown | WV | - Nat: $115,468 | $18,020 /yr | - | -$0 |
Madison | WI | - Nat: $115,468 | $16,600 /yr | - | -$0 |
Laramie | WY | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,647 /yr | - | -$0 |
West Lafayette | IN | - Nat: $115,468 | $14,851 /yr | - | -$0 |
Waterbury | CT | - Nat: $115,468 | $8,616 /yr | - | -$0 |
Groton | CT | - Nat: $115,468 | $11,184 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stamford | CT | - Nat: $115,468 | $14,226 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bend | OR | - Nat: $115,468 | $17,853 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hartford | CT | - Nat: $115,468 | $13,961 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ithaca | NY | $75,518 Nat: $115,468 2yr Post-Grad | $33,934 /yr | - | -$9k |
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.