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Master's Degree•71 Institutions
Institution | State | Earnings | Avg Net Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge | MA | $250,263 5yr Post-Grad | $19,813 /yr | - | +$1655k |
| Stanford University Stanford | CA | $230,373 5yr Post-Grad | $12,136 /yr | - | +$1513k |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | TX | $174,177 5yr Post-Grad | $19,678 /yr | - | +$1034k |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh | PA | $176,502 5yr Post-Grad | $31,671 /yr | $61,500 | +$1031k |
| Santa Clara University Santa Clara | CA | $169,141 5yr Post-Grad | $50,959 /yr | - | +$933k |
| University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell | WA | $158,760 5yr Post-Grad | $10,898 /yr | $47,521 | +$919k |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle | WA | $158,760 5yr Post-Grad | $13,485 /yr | $47,521 | +$914k |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo | CA | $158,506 5yr Post-Grad | $15,624 /yr | - | +$908k |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York | NY | $156,758 5yr Post-Grad | $20,148 /yr | - | +$885k |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta | GA | $147,708 5yr Post-Grad | $13,289 /yr | $25,618 | +$821k |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor | MI | $147,652 5yr Post-Grad | $14,832 /yr | $21,795 | +$818k |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles | CA | $144,451 5yr Post-Grad | $14,013 /yr | $40,304 | +$792k |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn | MI | $142,830 5yr Post-Grad | $10,904 /yr | - | +$784k |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla | CA | $141,515 5yr Post-Grad | $11,750 /yr | $34,311 | +$771k |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles | CA | $144,597 5yr Post-Grad | $31,927 /yr | - | +$760k |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester | MA | $145,851 5yr Post-Grad | $43,273 /yr | - | +$750k |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore | MD | $139,111 5yr Post-Grad | $18,161 /yr | - | +$739k |
| Iowa State University Ames | IA | $137,692 5yr Post-Grad | $18,165 /yr | $30,724 | +$727k |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder | CO | $136,752 5yr Post-Grad | $21,480 /yr | - | +$713k |
| California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles | CA | $132,333 5yr Post-Grad | $4,113 /yr | $24,750 | +$708k |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison | WI | $134,929 5yr Post-Grad | $16,928 /yr | - | +$706k |
| New York University New York | NY | $137,728 5yr Post-Grad | $35,035 /yr | - | +$697k |
| Cornell University Ithaca | NY | $133,541 5yr Post-Grad | $32,337 /yr | - | +$666k |
| Boston University Boston | MA | $132,173 5yr Post-Grad | $26,996 /yr | - | +$664k |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley | CA | $122,038 2yr Post-Grad | $14,979 /yr | - | +$664k |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge | CA | $127,516 5yr Post-Grad | $7,599 /yr | - | +$660k |
| Portland State University Portland | OR | $127,704 5yr Post-Grad | $12,932 /yr | $24,428 | +$652k |
| Oakland University Rochester Hills | MI | $127,725 5yr Post-Grad | $13,584 /yr | - | +$651k |
| Florida International University Miami | FL | $124,698 5yr Post-Grad | $9,133 /yr | - | +$634k |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona | CA | $124,574 5yr Post-Grad | $11,580 /yr | - | +$628k |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale | AZ | $121,937 5yr Post-Grad | - /yr | $26,051 | +$627k |
| Michigan State University East Lansing | MI | $126,212 5yr Post-Grad | $20,751 /yr | - | +$625k |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach | CA | $121,984 5yr Post-Grad | $8,931 /yr | - | +$611k |
| University of Arizona Tucson | AZ | $123,395 5yr Post-Grad | $15,960 /yr | $20,500 | +$610k |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe | AZ | $121,937 5yr Post-Grad | $13,670 /yr | $26,051 | +$602k |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark | NJ | $121,989 5yr Post-Grad | $16,496 /yr | $30,750 | +$597k |
| University of South Florida Tampa | FL | $118,661 5yr Post-Grad | $10,043 /yr | - | +$581k |
| Binghamton University Vestal | NY | $120,998 5yr Post-Grad | $21,364 /yr | $16,500 | +$580k |
| Drexel University Philadelphia | PA | $124,339 5yr Post-Grad | $38,428 /yr | - | +$577k |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell | MA | $119,608 5yr Post-Grad | $18,627 /yr | - | +$573k |
| San Jose State University San Jose | CA | $116,237 5yr Post-Grad | $13,741 /yr | - | +$553k |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus | OH | $116,325 5yr Post-Grad | $18,292 /yr | - | +$546k |
| University of Louisville Louisville | KY | $112,456 5yr Post-Grad | $17,634 /yr | - | +$514k |
| Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton | OH | $111,887 5yr Post-Grad | $15,216 /yr | - | +$513k |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton | CA | $108,624 5yr Post-Grad | $5,646 /yr | - | +$503k |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign | IL | $103,078 2yr Post-Grad | $15,201 /yr | - | +$492k |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock | TX | $110,047 5yr Post-Grad | $20,071 /yr | - | +$489k |
| Utah State University Logan | UT | $108,207 5yr Post-Grad | $12,869 /yr | - | +$486k |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago | IL | $99,683 2yr Post-Grad | $19,353 /yr | - | +$453k |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg | VA | $100,317 2yr Post-Grad | $23,790 /yr | - | +$451k |
| University of California-Davis Davis | CA | $97,959 2yr Post-Grad | $15,288 /yr | - | +$445k |
| Cleveland State University Cleveland | OH | $100,907 5yr Post-Grad | $16,065 /yr | - | +$418k |
| Northeastern University Boston | MA | $97,071 2yr Post-Grad | $32,116 /yr | - | +$406k |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque | NM | $92,632 2yr Post-Grad | $17,478 /yr | - | +$393k |
| University of Florida Gainesville | FL | $90,146 2yr Post-Grad | $6,351 /yr | - | +$390k |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station | TX | $92,632 2yr Post-Grad | $20,924 /yr | - | +$386k |
| University of Idaho Moscow | ID | $86,424 2yr Post-Grad | $13,782 /yr | - | +$343k |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville | AL | $86,867 2yr Post-Grad | $19,880 /yr | - | +$336k |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester | NY | $88,198 2yr Post-Grad | $29,694 /yr | - | +$330k |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City | UT | $84,653 2yr Post-Grad | $13,172 /yr | - | +$328k |
| Lehigh University Bethlehem | PA | $86,867 2yr Post-Grad | $33,549 /yr | - | +$311k |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman | OK | $83,177 2yr Post-Grad | $17,413 /yr | - | +$307k |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces | NM | $78,971 2yr Post-Grad | $6,747 /yr | - | +$288k |
| Clarkson University Potsdam | NY | $82,440 2yr Post-Grad | $31,955 /yr | - | +$273k |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City | MO | $77,213 2yr Post-Grad | $12,837 /yr | - | +$261k |
| CUNY City College New York | NY | $73,949 2yr Post-Grad | $3,486 /yr | - | +$248k |
| University of Dayton Dayton | OH | $79,473 2yr Post-Grad | $31,236 /yr | - | +$247k |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville | IL | $74,576 2yr Post-Grad | $13,696 /yr | - | +$235k |
| Mercer University Macon | GA | $75,204 2yr Post-Grad | $22,350 /yr | - | +$225k |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo | NY | $74,576 2yr Post-Grad | $20,470 /yr | - | +$223k |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio | TX | $70,456 2yr Post-Grad | $11,234 /yr | - | +$202k |
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.