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Master's Degree•217 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 ($130,769)
P25-P75 Interval ($106,767 - $145,917)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austin | TX | $219,705 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $18,554 /yr | - | +$1235k |
Pittsburgh | PA | $209,847 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $35,780 /yr | $57,062 | +$1122k |
Cambridge | MA | $199,245 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $14,815 /yr | - | +$1070k |
Santa Clara | CA | $196,786 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $50,570 /yr | - | +$984k |
Stanford | CA | $181,705 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $12,307 /yr | $41,000 | +$925k |
Los Angeles | CA | $180,468 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $33,056 /yr | - | +$876k |
Los Angeles | CA | $174,798 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $14,659 /yr | $23,666 | +$861k |
La Jolla | CA | $169,987 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $14,794 /yr | $33,236 | +$819k |
San Jose | CA | $172,382 Nat: $130,769 5yr Post-Grad | $14,241 /yr | - | +$812k |
Boulder | CO | $170,375 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $23,708 /yr | $37,669 | +$806k |
San Luis Obispo | CA | $158,977 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $18,832 /yr | - | +$717k |
Boston | MA | $155,483 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $29,060 /yr | - | +$668k |
Ithaca | NY | $156,103 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $33,934 /yr | $62,500 | +$665k |
New York | NY | $152,001 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $15,370 /yr | - | +$663k |
Baltimore | MD | $148,887 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $18,431 /yr | $22,874 | +$631k |
Houghton | MI | $150,350 Nat: $133,654 5yr Post-Grad | $13,446 /yr | - | +$627k |
Seattle Earnings shared by 2 University of Washington campuses, which report as one program. | WA | $146,735 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $13,663 /yr | $41,166 | +$621k |
Bothell Earnings shared by 2 University of Washington campuses, which report as one program. | WA | $146,735 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $13,802 /yr | $41,166 | +$621k |
Davis | CA | $145,917 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $14,318 /yr | - | +$613k |
Tucson | AZ | $146,079 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $17,125 /yr | $20,500 | +$609k |
Atlanta | GA | $143,627 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $12,028 /yr | $20,775 | +$597k |
Champaign | IL | $142,725 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $13,042 /yr | - | +$588k |
Richardson | TX | $142,523 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $15,271 /yr | - | +$582k |
Boston | MA | $149,900 Nat: $133,654 5yr Post-Grad | $36,503 /yr | $60,654 | +$581k |
Denver | CO | $140,670 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $10,217 /yr | - | +$575k |
Chicago | IL | $146,113 Nat: $133,654 5yr Post-Grad | $22,443 /yr | - | +$575k |
Pomona | CA | $142,914 Nat: $133,654 5yr Post-Grad | $9,404 /yr | - | +$572k |
Portland | OR | $139,274 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $8,337 /yr | - | +$567k |
West Lafayette | IN | $137,523 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $14,851 /yr | $25,000 | +$540k |
Lowell | MA | $137,144 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $17,362 /yr | - | +$532k |
Ann Arbor | MI | $136,188 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $14,362 /yr | - | +$529k |
Dearborn | MI | $134,543 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $7,863 /yr | - | +$527k |
Amherst | MA | $140,240 Nat: $133,654 5yr Post-Grad | $22,857 /yr | - | +$525k |
Ames | IA | $136,132 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $18,517 /yr | - | +$521k |
Sacramento | CA | $137,236 Nat: $133,654 5yr Post-Grad | $11,186 /yr | - | +$521k |
Albuquerque | NM | $136,076 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $19,966 /yr | - | +$518k |
Worcester | MA | $139,976 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $43,885 /yr | - | +$508k |
Columbus | OH | $134,031 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $17,269 /yr | - | +$505k |
New York | NY | $135,852 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $35,737 /yr | - | +$487k |
Raleigh | NC | $131,229 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $16,486 /yr | $20,500 | +$482k |
Rochester Hills | MI | $128,958 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $11,815 /yr | - | +$471k |
Madison | WI | $129,743 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $16,600 /yr | - | +$469k |
Pittsburgh | PA | $132,129 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $29,362 /yr | - | +$467k |
Scottsdale Earnings shared by 2 Arizona State University campuses, which report as one program. | AZ | $127,864 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $11,594 /yr | $26,162 | +$462k |
Tempe Earnings shared by 2 Arizona State University campuses, which report as one program. | AZ | $127,864 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $14,694 /yr | $26,162 | +$457k |
Blacksburg | VA | $130,029 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $25,808 /yr | - | +$455k |
Berkeley | CA | $122,038 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $14,538 /yr | - | +$449k |
Newark | NJ | $127,494 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $18,783 /yr | - | +$446k |
Salt Lake City | UT | $130,769 Nat: $133,654 5yr Post-Grad | $27,314 /yr | - | +$436k |
Norman | OK | $125,095 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $15,531 /yr | - | +$431k |
Gainesville | FL | $121,478 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $5,969 /yr | $22,000 | +$417k |
Philadelphia | PA | $127,488 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $37,529 /yr | - | +$412k |
Athens | OH | $123,110 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $20,666 /yr | - | +$405k |
Los Angeles | CA | $118,058 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $2,385 /yr | - | +$394k |
Hoboken | NJ | $123,214 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $37,396 /yr | $20,500 | +$375k |
Detroit | MI | $115,160 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $11,212 /yr | - | +$353k |
Cleveland | OH | $115,285 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $13,754 /yr | - | +$349k |
Rochester | NY | $116,674 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $37,232 /yr | - | +$318k |
Kansas City | MO | $111,394 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $13,778 /yr | - | +$315k |
Indianapolis | IN | $109,536 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $9,479 /yr | - | +$307k |
Dayton | OH | $107,832 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $13,715 /yr | - | +$284k |
Potsdam | NY | $109,601 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $32,137 /yr | - | +$266k |
Dayton | OH | $108,507 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $30,366 /yr | - | +$260k |
Bethlehem | PA | $106,767 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $25,272 /yr | - | +$254k |
Tampa | FL | $102,978 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $8,648 /yr | - | +$251k |
Stony Brook | NY | $104,443 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $18,902 /yr | - | +$245k |
Northridge | CA | $95,739 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $6,346 /yr | - | +$226k |
Louisville | KY | $100,750 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $14,960 /yr | - | +$220k |
Miami | FL | $99,172 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $11,462 /yr | - | +$213k |
Macon | GA | $102,258 Nat: $133,654 5yr Post-Grad | $24,778 /yr | - | +$198k |
Old Westbury | NY | $98,474 Nat: $133,654 4yr Post-Grad | $22,613 /yr | - | +$186k |
College Station | TX | $92,632 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $21,527 /yr | - | +$170k |
East Lansing | MI | $90,412 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $21,322 /yr | - | +$150k |
Moscow | ID | $86,424 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $15,321 /yr | - | +$125k |
Huntsville | AL | $86,867 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $22,758 /yr | - | +$115k |
Long Beach | CA | $81,997 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $9,426 /yr | - | +$95k |
Lubbock | TX | $83,915 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $19,890 /yr | - | +$93k |
Las Cruces | NM | $78,971 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $6,313 /yr | - | +$73k |
Fullerton | CA | $78,343 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $5,115 /yr | - | +$70k |
Logan | UT | $76,930 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $12,644 /yr | - | +$43k |
New York | NY | $73,949 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $1,557 /yr | - | +$36k |
Edwardsville | IL | $74,576 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $13,111 /yr | - | +$21k |
Buffalo | NY | $74,576 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $21,775 /yr | - | +$5k |
Auburn | AL | - Nat: $133,654 | $25,424 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mobile | AL | - Nat: $133,654 | $16,801 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fayetteville | AR | - Nat: $133,654 | $17,571 /yr | - | -$0 |
Russellville | AR | - Nat: $133,654 | $11,332 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pasadena | CA | - Nat: $133,654 | $8,509 /yr | - | -$0 |
Irvine | CA | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,866 /yr | - | -$0 |
Riverside | CA | - Nat: $133,654 | $12,672 /yr | - | -$0 |
Santa Barbara | CA | - Nat: $133,654 | $16,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
Santa Cruz | CA | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,549 /yr | - | -$0 |
Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $133,654 | $50,518 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Diego | CA | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,243 /yr | - | -$0 |
Colorado Springs | CO | - Nat: $133,654 | $14,954 /yr | - | -$0 |
Golden | CO | - Nat: $133,654 | $32,901 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fort Collins | CO | - Nat: $133,654 | $22,247 /yr | - | -$0 |
Denver | CO | - Nat: $133,654 | $31,961 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bridgeport | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $28,356 /yr | - | -$0 |
Storrs | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $24,342 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fairfield | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $49,906 /yr | - | -$0 |
West Hartford | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $28,928 /yr | - | -$0 |
West Haven | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $32,994 /yr | - | -$0 |
Washington | DC | - Nat: $133,654 | $32,543 /yr | - | -$0 |
Washington | DC | - Nat: $133,654 | $35,760 /yr | $24,193 | -$0 |
Washington | DC | - Nat: $133,654 | $33,002 /yr | - | -$0 |
Orlando | FL | - Nat: $133,654 | $11,516 /yr | - | -$0 |
Daytona Beach | FL | - Nat: $133,654 | $40,539 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tallahassee | FL | - Nat: $133,654 | $15,220 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boca Raton | FL | - Nat: $133,654 | $10,394 /yr | - | -$0 |
Melbourne | FL | - Nat: $133,654 | $36,511 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tallahassee | FL | - Nat: $133,654 | $8,605 /yr | - | -$0 |
Coral Gables | FL | - Nat: $133,654 | $36,483 /yr | - | -$0 |
Jacksonville | FL | - Nat: $133,654 | $11,689 /yr | - | -$0 |
Honolulu | HI | - Nat: $133,654 | $11,122 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $133,654 | $9,540 /yr | - | -$0 |
Dekalb | IL | - Nat: $133,654 | $14,505 /yr | - | -$0 |
Evanston | IL | - Nat: $133,654 | $34,420 /yr | - | -$0 |
Carbondale | IL | - Nat: $133,654 | $12,554 /yr | - | -$0 |
Notre Dame | IN | - Nat: $133,654 | $25,339 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lawrence | KS | - Nat: $133,654 | $20,004 /yr | - | -$0 |
Manhattan | KS | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,210 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lexington | KY | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,868 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baton Rouge | LA | - Nat: $133,654 | $19,286 /yr | - | -$0 |
Orono | ME | - Nat: $133,654 | $17,224 /yr | - | -$0 |
Laurel | MD | - Nat: $133,654 | $19,881 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $133,654 | $25,203 /yr | - | -$0 |
College Park | MD | - Nat: $133,654 | $14,296 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $133,654 | $14,653 /yr | - | -$0 |
North Dartmouth | MA | - Nat: $133,654 | $20,319 /yr | - | -$0 |
Medford | MA | - Nat: $133,654 | $38,797 /yr | - | -$0 |
Springfield | MA | - Nat: $133,654 | $27,077 /yr | - | -$0 |
Detroit | MI | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,469 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kalamazoo | MI | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,902 /yr | - | -$0 |
Minneapolis | MN | - Nat: $133,654 | $17,330 /yr | - | -$0 |
Saint Cloud | MN | - Nat: $133,654 | $16,062 /yr | - | -$0 |
Saint Paul | MN | - Nat: $133,654 | $31,532 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mississippi State | MS | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,781 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbia | MO | - Nat: $133,654 | $21,142 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rolla | MO | - Nat: $133,654 | $15,772 /yr | - | -$0 |
St. Louis | MO | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,360 /yr | - | -$0 |
Butte | MT | - Nat: $133,654 | $17,205 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bozeman | MT | - Nat: $133,654 | $23,106 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lincoln | NE | - Nat: $133,654 | $16,214 /yr | - | -$0 |
Las Vegas | NV | - Nat: $133,654 | $11,062 /yr | - | -$0 |
Reno | NV | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,797 /yr | - | -$0 |
Durham | NH | - Nat: $133,654 | $26,150 /yr | - | -$0 |
Teaneck | NJ | - Nat: $133,654 | $17,923 /yr | - | -$0 |
Madison | NJ | - Nat: $133,654 | $24,803 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Brunswick | NJ | - Nat: $133,654 | $24,897 /yr | - | -$0 |
Socorro | NM | - Nat: $133,654 | $20,862 /yr | - | -$0 |
Alfred | NY | - Nat: $133,654 | $22,325 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $133,654 | $12,999 /yr | - | -$0 |
Staten Island | NY | - Nat: $133,654 | $3,153 /yr | - | -$0 |
Riverdale | NY | - Nat: $133,654 | $25,074 /yr | - | -$0 |
Troy | NY | - Nat: $133,654 | $32,758 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rochester | NY | - Nat: $133,654 | $34,347 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Paltz | NY | - Nat: $133,654 | $19,499 /yr | - | -$0 |
Syracuse | NY | - Nat: $133,654 | $43,336 /yr | - | -$0 |
Durham | NC | - Nat: $133,654 | $23,706 /yr | - | -$0 |
Greensboro | NC | - Nat: $133,654 | $9,884 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charlotte | NC | - Nat: $133,654 | $15,142 /yr | - | -$0 |
Grand Forks | ND | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,131 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fargo | ND | - Nat: $133,654 | $15,636 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cleveland | OH | - Nat: $133,654 | $44,622 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cincinnati | OH | - Nat: $133,654 | $24,917 /yr | - | -$0 |
Oxford | OH | - Nat: $133,654 | $29,447 /yr | - | -$0 |
Toledo | OH | - Nat: $133,654 | $16,406 /yr | - | -$0 |
Youngstown | OH | - Nat: $133,654 | $9,161 /yr | - | -$0 |
Edmond | OK | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,348 /yr | - | -$0 |
Edmond | OK | - Nat: $133,654 | $23,169 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stillwater | OK | - Nat: $133,654 | $17,058 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tulsa | OK | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,511 /yr | - | -$0 |
Corvallis | OR | - Nat: $133,654 | $21,504 /yr | - | -$0 |
Erie | PA | - Nat: $133,654 | $24,443 /yr | - | -$0 |
Middletown | PA | - Nat: $133,654 | $16,753 /yr | - | -$0 |
University Park | PA | - Nat: $133,654 | $33,675 /yr | - | -$0 |
Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $133,654 | $29,577 /yr | - | -$0 |
Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $133,654 | $23,058 /yr | - | -$0 |
Villanova | PA | - Nat: $133,654 | $41,536 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chester | PA | - Nat: $133,654 | $26,151 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kingston | RI | - Nat: $133,654 | $22,469 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charleston | SC | - Nat: $133,654 | $22,019 /yr | - | -$0 |
Clemson | SC | - Nat: $133,654 | $22,032 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbia | SC | - Nat: $133,654 | $22,197 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rapid City | SD | - Nat: $133,654 | $20,827 /yr | - | -$0 |
Knoxville | TN | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,314 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cookeville | TN | - Nat: $133,654 | $16,830 /yr | - | -$0 |
Nashville | TN | - Nat: $133,654 | $15,497 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houston | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $11,439 /yr | - | -$0 |
Longview | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $26,985 /yr | - | -$0 |
Denton | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $15,358 /yr | - | -$0 |
Edinburg | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $4,858 /yr | - | -$0 |
Prairie View | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,638 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houston | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $11,164 /yr | - | -$0 |
Dallas | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $39,816 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kingsville | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,212 /yr | - | -$0 |
Arlington | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $17,040 /yr | - | -$0 |
El Paso | TX | - Nat: $133,654 | $6,803 /yr | - | -$0 |
Burlington | VT | - Nat: $133,654 | $20,277 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fairfax | VA | - Nat: $133,654 | $14,697 /yr | - | -$0 |
Norfolk | VA | - Nat: $133,654 | $12,180 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charlottesville | VA | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,056 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pullman | WA | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,462 /yr | - | -$0 |
Morgantown | WV | - Nat: $133,654 | $18,020 /yr | - | -$0 |
Milwaukee | WI | - Nat: $133,654 | $30,561 /yr | - | -$0 |
Laramie | WY | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,647 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mayaguez | PR | - Nat: $133,654 | $14,997 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hato Rey | PR | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,797 /yr | - | -$0 |
Waterbury | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $8,616 /yr | - | -$0 |
Groton | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $11,184 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stamford | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $14,226 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bend | OR | - Nat: $133,654 | $17,853 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hartford | CT | - Nat: $133,654 | $13,961 /yr | - | -$0 |
University Park | PA | - Nat: $133,654 | $12,651 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hammond | IN | - Nat: $133,654 | $6,223 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Antonio | TX | $70,456 Nat: $133,654 2yr Post-Grad | $9,872 /yr | - | -$11k |
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.