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Master's Degree•96 Institutions
Institution | State | Earnings | Avg Net Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice University Houston | TX | $116,551 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $13,370 /yr | - | +$557k |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore | MD | $114,716 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $18,809 /yr | $51,455 | +$531k |
| Georgetown University Washington | DC | $118,569 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $40,815 /yr | $74,360 | +$523k |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York | NY | $107,574 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $21,590 /yr | $80,500 | +$465k |
| Tufts University Medford | MA | $108,836 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $39,998 /yr | $54,446 | +$442k |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell | MA | $103,784 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $17,163 /yr | $19,662 | +$440k |
| American Public University System Charles Town | WV | $100,647 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $9,597 /yr | $33,731 | +$427k |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla | CA | $101,102 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $12,470 /yr | $44,160 | +$426k |
| Institute of World Politics Washington | DC | $97,002 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | - /yr | $60,843 | +$414k |
| George Mason University Fairfax | VA | $100,525 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $17,915 /yr | $34,250 | +$411k |
| University of Arizona Tucson | AZ | $96,058 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $16,674 /yr | $41,000 | +$375k |
| George Washington University Washington | DC | $100,024 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $36,586 /yr | $56,634 | +$372k |
| Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Monterey | CA | $92,176 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | - /yr | $74,123 | +$372k |
| San Diego State University San Diego | CA | $94,199 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $15,364 /yr | $29,455 | +$361k |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station | TX | $95,282 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $21,315 /yr | $30,500 | +$360k |
| American University Washington | DC | $97,808 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $41,943 /yr | $61,500 | +$343k |
| Middlebury College Middlebury | VT | $92,176 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $31,483 /yr | $74,123 | +$314k |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale | AZ | $85,299 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | - /yr | $42,940 | +$313k |
| Norwich University Northfield | VT | $89,927 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $22,257 /yr | $37,167 | +$312k |
| New York University New York | NY | $93,034 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $37,050 /yr | $102,482 | +$311k |
| Syracuse University Syracuse | NY | $92,844 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $38,793 /yr | $41,744 | +$307k |
| Fordham University Bronx | NY | $93,706 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $44,338 /yr | - | +$304k |
| Angelo State University San Angelo | TX | $86,451 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $15,091 /yr | - | +$295k |
| Webster University Saint Louis | MO | $88,756 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $27,047 /yr | $41,000 | +$293k |
| Seton Hall University South Orange | NJ | $89,431 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $31,446 /yr | $53,152 | +$291k |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe | AZ | $85,299 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $14,967 /yr | $42,940 | +$286k |
| University of Chicago Chicago | IL | $83,492 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $14,860 /yr | $37,867 | +$270k |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | TX | $84,481 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $19,857 /yr | $41,000 | +$270k |
| Stanford University Stanford | CA | $78,114 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $13,807 /yr | - | +$267k |
| Boston University Boston | MA | $81,518 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $24,402 /yr | $86,165 | +$236k |
| Yale University New Haven | CT | $74,576 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $23,777 /yr | - | +$217k |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott | AZ | $81,886 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $40,287 /yr | - | +$210k |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach | FL | $81,886 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $41,272 /yr | - | +$208k |
| Florida State University Tallahassee | FL | $71,829 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $11,297 /yr | $36,000 | +$176k |
| DePaul University Chicago | IL | $75,622 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $30,902 /yr | $40,198 | +$173k |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle | WA | $71,169 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $14,091 /yr | - | +$166k |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh | NC | $70,333 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $17,303 /yr | $33,450 | +$153k |
| University of Denver Denver | CO | $74,159 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $36,131 /yr | $94,837 | +$151k |
| Troy University Troy | AL | $68,373 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $16,527 /yr | - | +$137k |
| SIT Graduate Institute Brattleboro | VT | $64,561 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | - /yr | - | +$134k |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison | WI | $61,218 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $17,354 /yr | - | +$106k |
| University of Kentucky Lexington | KY | $65,155 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $18,851 /yr | $30,750 | +$105k |
| The New School New York | NY | $70,655 Nat: $95,627 4yr Post-Grad | $58,741 /yr | $48,671 | +$79k |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw | GA | $55,132 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $15,048 /yr | - | +$52k |
| University of Georgia Athens | GA | $54,661 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $13,936 /yr | - | +$49k |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta | GA | $52,107 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $12,116 /yr | - | +$27k |
| St. Mary's University San Antonio | TX | $53,358 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $21,145 /yr | - | +$23k |
| University of San Diego San Diego | CA | $53,775 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $30,365 /yr | - | +$10k |
| California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino | CA | - Nat: $95,627 | $4,564 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Claremont Graduate University Claremont | CA | - Nat: $95,627 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of the Pacific Stockton | CA | - Nat: $95,627 | $25,447 /yr | - | -$0 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco | CA | - Nat: $95,627 | $12,278 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $95,627 | $32,740 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Bridgeport Bridgeport | CT | - Nat: $95,627 | $27,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Florida International University Miami | FL | - Nat: $95,627 | $9,288 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Florida Gainesville | FL | - Nat: $95,627 | $6,541 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Miami Coral Gables | FL | - Nat: $95,627 | $37,244 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of North Florida Jacksonville | FL | - Nat: $95,627 | $10,154 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale | FL | - Nat: $95,627 | $30,371 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Hawaii Pacific University Honolulu | HI | - Nat: $95,627 | $29,657 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Indianapolis Indianapolis | IN | - Nat: $95,627 | $21,602 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington | IN | - Nat: $95,627 | $16,264 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Kansas State University Manhattan | KS | - Nat: $95,627 | $19,406 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Baltimore Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $95,627 | $13,868 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Morgan State University Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $95,627 | $14,985 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston | MA | - Nat: $95,627 | $17,707 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Northeastern University Boston | MA | - Nat: $95,627 | $30,915 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Suffolk University Boston | MA | - Nat: $95,627 | $29,618 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis | MO | - Nat: $95,627 | $21,786 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Bellevue University Bellevue | NE | - Nat: $95,627 | $17,550 /yr | - | -$0 |
| New England College Henniker | NH | - Nat: $95,627 | $26,972 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick | NJ | - Nat: $95,627 | $24,406 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rutgers University-Newark Newark | NJ | - Nat: $95,627 | $19,703 /yr | - | -$0 |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York | NY | - Nat: $95,627 | $3,033 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University at Albany Albany | NY | - Nat: $95,627 | $17,167 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Duke University Durham | NC | - Nat: $95,627 | $29,612 /yr | - | -$0 |
| East Carolina University Greenville | NC | - Nat: $95,627 | $15,739 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Akron Main Campus Akron | OH | - Nat: $95,627 | $13,946 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Cleveland State University Cleveland | OH | - Nat: $95,627 | $14,764 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Central Oklahoma Edmond | OK | - Nat: $95,627 | $18,309 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $95,627 | $31,944 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston | RI | - Nat: $95,627 | $21,440 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Salve Regina University Newport | RI | - Nat: $95,627 | $36,967 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro | TN | - Nat: $95,627 | $13,359 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Baylor University Waco | TX | - Nat: $95,627 | $41,104 /yr | - | -$0 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso | TX | - Nat: $95,627 | $9,403 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Regent University Virginia Beach | VA | - Nat: $95,627 | $19,923 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Liberty University Lynchburg | VA | - Nat: $95,627 | $29,357 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Old Dominion University Norfolk | VA | - Nat: $95,627 | $14,638 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Marquette University Milwaukee | WI | - Nat: $95,627 | $31,487 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Schiller International University Tampa | FL | - Nat: $95,627 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of North Georgia Dahlonega | GA | - Nat: $95,627 | $9,823 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston | MA | - Nat: $95,627 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
| Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton | OH | $43,798 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $15,415 /yr | - | -$62k |
| CUNY City College New York | NY | $41,565 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $3,776 /yr | - | -$63k |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens | OH | $41,937 Nat: $95,627 2yr Post-Grad | $21,637 /yr | - | -$92k |
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.