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Master's Degree•180 Institutions
Institution | State | Earnings | Avg Net Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | TX | $119,127 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $19,857 /yr | - | +$567k |
| Saint Mary's College of California Moraga | CA | $108,918 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $30,378 /yr | - | +$460k |
| Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor | MI | $100,955 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $19,353 /yr | - | +$412k |
| Harvard University Cambridge | MA | $92,158 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $19,066 /yr | $25,780 | +$337k |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook | NY | $89,107 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $18,784 /yr | $19,633 | +$311k |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro | TN | $76,590 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $13,359 /yr | $37,889 | +$214k |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York | NY | $72,860 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | - /yr | $21,000 | +$206k |
| Adams State University Alamosa | CO | $74,831 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $12,980 /yr | - | +$199k |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson | CA | $73,558 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $8,615 /yr | - | +$196k |
| Villanova University Villanova | PA | $80,419 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $43,756 /yr | $33,244 | +$191k |
| DePaul University Chicago | IL | $74,702 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $30,902 /yr | $74,928 | +$165k |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia | PA | $72,960 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $28,699 /yr | - | +$154k |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman | OK | $70,018 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $15,300 /yr | $41,000 | +$154k |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore | MD | $70,651 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $18,809 /yr | $37,801 | +$153k |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale | AZ | $63,395 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | - /yr | $53,262 | +$124k |
| Fort Hays State University Hays | KS | $65,851 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $12,569 /yr | $24,600 | +$122k |
| University of Memphis Memphis | TN | $65,320 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $12,397 /yr | $41,964 | +$118k |
| North Central College Naperville | IL | $65,846 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $21,044 /yr | - | +$107k |
| Dartmouth College Hanover | NH | $67,367 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $29,519 /yr | - | +$104k |
| Duke University Durham | NC | $67,332 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $29,612 /yr | - | +$104k |
| University of St Thomas Houston | TX | $64,943 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $19,359 /yr | $41,000 | +$102k |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas | TX | $69,368 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $40,892 /yr | - | +$101k |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe | AZ | $63,395 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $14,967 /yr | $53,262 | +$96k |
| Texas Christian University Fort Worth | TX | $67,586 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $36,660 /yr | - | +$93k |
| Georgetown University Washington | DC | $63,997 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $40,815 /yr | - | +$88k |
| New York University New York | NY | $66,958 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $37,050 /yr | $81,615 | +$87k |
| University of Dallas Irving | TX | $63,807 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $22,610 /yr | - | +$86k |
| Tennessee Technological University Cookeville | TN | $61,301 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $14,246 /yr | $24,660 | +$79k |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson | TX | $62,062 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $18,267 /yr | $24,495 | +$78k |
| University of Chicago Chicago | IL | $60,106 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $14,860 /yr | $64,299 | +$67k |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro | NC | $59,021 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $10,965 /yr | $25,775 | +$64k |
| SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo | NY | $58,389 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $11,346 /yr | - | +$57k |
| Faulkner University Montgomery | AL | - Nat: $65,716 | $22,085 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Jacksonville State University Jacksonville | AL | - Nat: $65,716 | $14,279 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Spring Hill College Mobile | AL | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,449 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Alaska Pacific University Anchorage | AK | - Nat: $65,716 | $21,616 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff | AZ | - Nat: $65,716 | $14,158 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Prescott College Prescott | AZ | - Nat: $65,716 | $22,583 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock | AR | - Nat: $65,716 | $17,248 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Arkansas Tech University Russellville | AR | - Nat: $65,716 | $12,970 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Henderson State University Arkadelphia | AR | - Nat: $65,716 | $23,405 /yr | - | -$0 |
| California Baptist University Riverside | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $26,285 /yr | - | -$0 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $7,021 /yr | $41,000 | -$0 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $9,338 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Dominican University of California San Rafael | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $35,333 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Pacifica Graduate Institute Carpinteria | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
| Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $21,413 /yr | - | -$0 |
| San Diego State University San Diego | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,364 /yr | - | -$0 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $12,278 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver | CO | - Nat: $65,716 | $11,900 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Wesleyan University Middletown | CT | - Nat: $65,716 | $30,177 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Florida International University Miami | FL | - Nat: $65,716 | $9,288 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee | FL | - Nat: $65,716 | $11,297 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Miami Coral Gables | FL | - Nat: $65,716 | $37,244 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale | FL | - Nat: $65,716 | $30,371 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rollins College Winter Park | FL | - Nat: $65,716 | $34,732 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Clayton State University Morrow | GA | - Nat: $65,716 | $8,365 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Georgia Southwestern State University Americus | GA | - Nat: $65,716 | $12,019 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Georgia Southern University Statesboro | GA | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,267 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Georgia State University Atlanta | GA | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,931 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Lake Forest College Lake Forest | IL | - Nat: $65,716 | $28,673 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of St Francis Joliet | IL | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,006 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Illinois Springfield Springfield | IL | - Nat: $65,716 | $9,833 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale | IL | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,297 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield | IL | - Nat: $65,716 | $2,835 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Indiana University-South Bend South Bend | IN | - Nat: $65,716 | $8,653 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Indiana University-Northwest Gary | IN | - Nat: $65,716 | $5,130 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Valparaiso University Valparaiso | IN | - Nat: $65,716 | $18,578 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Maharishi International University Fairfield | IA | - Nat: $65,716 | $14,956 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Wichita State University Wichita | KS | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,194 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Louisville Louisville | KY | - Nat: $65,716 | $17,988 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights | KY | - Nat: $65,716 | $8,191 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge | LA | - Nat: $65,716 | $19,151 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Louisiana State University-Shreveport Shreveport | LA | - Nat: $65,716 | $7,022 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Hood College Frederick | MD | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,873 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Loyola University Maryland Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $65,716 | $30,574 /yr | - | -$0 |
| St. John's College Annapolis | MD | - Nat: $65,716 | $45,597 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Bay Path University Longmeadow | MA | - Nat: $65,716 | $14,271 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Brandeis University Waltham | MA | - Nat: $65,716 | $35,736 /yr | - | -$0 |
| College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee | MA | - Nat: $65,716 | $17,545 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant | MI | - Nat: $65,716 | $17,597 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Detroit Mercy Detroit | MI | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,232 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Michigan-Flint Flint | MI | - Nat: $65,716 | $7,007 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Hamline University Saint Paul | MN | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,744 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Metropolitan State University Saint Paul | MN | - Nat: $65,716 | $16,863 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis | MN | - Nat: $65,716 | $16,778 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth | MN | - Nat: $65,716 | $18,743 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Delta State University Cleveland | MS | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,540 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City | MO | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,310 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis | MO | - Nat: $65,716 | $21,786 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Chadron State College Chadron | NE | - Nat: $65,716 | $12,549 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham | NH | - Nat: $65,716 | $23,805 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rutgers University-Camden Camden | NJ | - Nat: $65,716 | $18,745 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick | NJ | - Nat: $65,716 | $24,406 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rutgers University-Newark Newark | NJ | - Nat: $65,716 | $19,703 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Seton Hall University South Orange | NJ | - Nat: $65,716 | $31,446 /yr | - | -$0 |
| College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $5,579 /yr | - | -$0 |
| CUNY Lehman College Bronx | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $3,148 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Long Island University Brookville | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $33,062 /yr | - | -$0 |
| The New School New York | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $58,741 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Skidmore College Saratoga Springs | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $32,297 /yr | - | -$0 |
| St. John's University-New York Queens | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $29,999 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University at Albany Albany | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $17,167 /yr | - | -$0 |
| SUNY Brockport Brockport | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $16,353 /yr | - | -$0 |
| SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $11,282 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Empire State University Saratoga Springs | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $11,676 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Excelsior University Albany | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
| Utica University Utica | NY | - Nat: $65,716 | $19,108 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University Hickory | NC | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,689 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville | NC | - Nat: $65,716 | $12,250 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte | NC | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,435 /yr | - | -$0 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh | NC | - Nat: $65,716 | $17,303 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington | NC | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,109 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Pfeiffer University Misenheimer | NC | - Nat: $65,716 | $19,076 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Wake Forest University Winston-Salem | NC | - Nat: $65,716 | $28,719 /yr | - | -$0 |
| John Carroll University University Heights | OH | - Nat: $65,716 | $28,746 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Ohio Dominican University Columbus | OH | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,079 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus | OH | - Nat: $65,716 | $17,339 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Toledo Toledo | OH | - Nat: $65,716 | $17,249 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Ursuline College Pepper Pike | OH | - Nat: $65,716 | $16,164 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City | OK | - Nat: $65,716 | $22,857 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford | OK | - Nat: $65,716 | $14,459 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis | OR | - Nat: $65,716 | $19,604 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Reed College Portland | OR | - Nat: $65,716 | $33,013 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Albright College Reading | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,024 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Arcadia University Glenside | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $29,466 /yr | - | -$0 |
| La Roche University Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,794 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Moravian University Bethlehem | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $30,670 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $23,330 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $32,875 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Temple University Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $28,198 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $27,743 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Wilson College Chambersburg | PA | - Nat: $65,716 | $21,741 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rhode Island College Providence | RI | - Nat: $65,716 | $9,478 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Salve Regina University Newport | RI | - Nat: $65,716 | $36,967 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia | SC | - Nat: $65,716 | $22,811 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Coastal Carolina University Conway | SC | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,966 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Winthrop University Rock Hill | SC | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,343 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of South Dakota Vermillion | SD | - Nat: $65,716 | $19,858 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Austin Peay State University Clarksville | TN | - Nat: $65,716 | $9,735 /yr | - | -$0 |
| East Tennessee State University Johnson City | TN | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,983 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Union University Jackson | TN | - Nat: $65,716 | $27,171 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville | TN | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,846 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Dallas Baptist University Dallas | TX | - Nat: $65,851 | $28,516 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Houston Christian University Houston | TX | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,629 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston | TX | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,563 /yr | - | -$0 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg | TX | - Nat: $65,716 | $4,831 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rice University Houston | TX | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,370 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Sul Ross State University Alpine | TX | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,286 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Wayland Baptist University Plainview | TX | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,590 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City | UT | - Nat: $65,716 | $16,200 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Vermont State University Randolph | VT | - Nat: $65,716 | $18,212 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Hampton University Hampton | VA | - Nat: $65,716 | $25,319 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Hollins University Roanoke | VA | - Nat: $65,716 | $20,896 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Old Dominion University Norfolk | VA | - Nat: $65,716 | $14,638 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Richmond University of Richmond | VA | - Nat: $65,716 | $31,309 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Virginia State University Petersburg | VA | - Nat: $65,716 | $15,840 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Marshall University Huntington | WV | - Nat: $65,716 | $7,502 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan | PR | - Nat: $65,716 | $9,175 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Gurabo | PR | - Nat: $65,716 | $7,051 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Stanford University Stanford | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $13,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
| St. John's College Santa Fe | NM | - Nat: $65,716 | $26,674 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Antioch University Yellow Springs | OH | - Nat: $65,716 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend | OR | - Nat: $65,716 | $18,048 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of California-Merced Merced | CA | - Nat: $65,716 | $11,983 /yr | - | -$0 |
| American Public University System Charles Town | WV | - Nat: $65,716 | $9,597 /yr | $44,003 | -$0 |
| Texas A&M University-Central Texas Killeen | TX | - Nat: $65,716 | $1,300 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Emory University Atlanta | GA | $50,439 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $22,585 /yr | - | -$8k |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg | VA | $50,856 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $24,953 /yr | - | -$9k |
| Tiffin University Tiffin | OH | $53,425 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $26,500 /yr | $29,058 | -$16k |
| Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans | LA | $55,438 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $39,949 /yr | - | -$22k |
| Tennessee State University Nashville | TN | $47,260 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $15,796 /yr | - | -$28k |
| University of Denver Denver | CO | $49,722 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $36,131 /yr | - | -$40k |
| Auburn University at Montgomery Montgomery | AL | $46,774 Nat: $65,716 4yr Post-Grad | $13,224 /yr | $43,504 | -$55k |
| Smith College Northampton | MA | $46,620 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $27,579 /yr | - | -$56k |
| Baker University Baldwin City | KS | $45,696 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $25,301 /yr | - | -$61k |
| Towson University Towson | MD | $43,798 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $17,413 /yr | - | -$66k |
| Saint Edward's University Austin | TX | $41,565 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $25,578 /yr | - | -$103k |
| Western Illinois University Macomb | IL | $36,674 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $12,937 /yr | - | -$130k |
| University of South Florida Tampa | FL | $35,060 Nat: $65,716 2yr Post-Grad | $9,812 /yr | - | -$141k |
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.