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Master's Degree38 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Pacific Oaks College
Pasadena
CA
$68,718
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$51,250
+$170k
California State University-Dominguez Hills
Carson
CA
$68,017
5yr Post-Grad
$3,659
/yr
$42,926
+$158k
University of La Verne
La Verne
CA
$68,799
5yr Post-Grad
$26,925
/yr
-
+$122k
Tufts University
Medford
MA
$69,122
5yr Post-Grad
$35,435
/yr
$35,246
+$109k
University of Rhode Island
Kingston
RI
$64,976
5yr Post-Grad
$19,899
/yr
-
+$101k
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda
CA
$57,588
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$71k
Erikson Institute
Chicago
IL
$57,068
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$53,462
+$66k
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona
MN
$60,741
5yr Post-Grad
$21,034
/yr
-
+$61k
National Louis University
Chicago
IL
$59,472
5yr Post-Grad
$16,157
/yr
$35,566
+$58k
Texas Woman's University
Denton
TX
$58,179
5yr Post-Grad
$10,948
/yr
$28,692
+$56k
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb
IL
$58,476
5yr Post-Grad
$12,909
/yr
$32,500
+$55k
Michigan State University
East Lansing
MI
$59,805
5yr Post-Grad
$20,751
/yr
-
+$53k
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln
NE
$58,181
5yr Post-Grad
$17,424
/yr
$31,568
+$44k
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale
FL
$60,711
5yr Post-Grad
$31,303
/yr
$51,250
+$42k
Kansas State University
Manhattan
KS
$56,307
5yr Post-Grad
$17,883
/yr
$24,630
+$26k
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
TN
$55,678
5yr Post-Grad
$19,040
/yr
-
+$18k
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale
AZ
$51,907
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$18k
Lubbock Christian University
Lubbock
TX
$56,527
5yr Post-Grad
$25,910
/yr
-
+$13k
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe
AZ
$51,907
5yr Post-Grad
$13,670
/yr
$56,050
-$7k
Boston University
Boston
MA
$54,358
5yr Post-Grad
$26,996
/yr
$28,235
-$9k
Clemson University
Clemson
SC
$53,312
5yr Post-Grad
$22,112
/yr
-
-$9k
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix
AZ
$51,042
5yr Post-Grad
$13,571
/yr
$41,000
-$15k
Capella University
Minneapolis
MN
$49,835
5yr Post-Grad
$18,305
/yr
$46,012
-$35k
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia
MO
$49,916
5yr Post-Grad
$19,889
/yr
-
-$37k
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago
IL
$44,542
2yr Post-Grad
$12,313
/yr
-
-$49k
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville
TN
$48,330
5yr Post-Grad
$18,109
/yr
$16,430
-$49k
Missouri State University-Springfield
Springfield
MO
$48,182
5yr Post-Grad
$17,502
/yr
-
-$49k
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
$47,126
5yr Post-Grad
$18,990
/yr
$37,500
-$62k
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Fargo
ND
$42,682
2yr Post-Grad
$16,334
/yr
-
-$75k
Texas State University
San Marcos
TX
$42,123
2yr Post-Grad
$16,438
/yr
-
-$81k
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham
NH
$42,123
2yr Post-Grad
$23,261
/yr
-
-$93k
California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento
CA
$38,337
2yr Post-Grad
$10,512
/yr
-
-$109k
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
MI
$39,009
2yr Post-Grad
$17,084
/yr
-
-$114k
Concordia University-Nebraska
Seward
NE
$39,927
2yr Post-Grad
$24,016
/yr
-
-$117k
East Carolina University
Greenville
NC
$37,568
2yr Post-Grad
$16,514
/yr
-
-$128k
University of Florida
Gainesville
FL
$34,711
2yr Post-Grad
$6,351
/yr
-
-$139k
Wichita State University
Wichita
KS
$33,993
2yr Post-Grad
$13,776
/yr
$26,375
-$160k
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg
VA
$33,281
2yr Post-Grad
$23,790
/yr
-
-$185k
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.