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Master's Degree39 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
PA
$235,674
5yr Post-Grad
$31,229
/yr
-
+$1520k
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
CA
$176,716
5yr Post-Grad
$31,927
/yr
-
+$1032k
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison
WI
$165,191
5yr Post-Grad
$16,928
/yr
-
+$962k
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
MD
$140,880
5yr Post-Grad
$18,161
/yr
-
+$754k
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
TX
$140,280
5yr Post-Grad
$41,778
/yr
-
+$706k
Boston University
Boston
MA
$123,709
5yr Post-Grad
$26,996
/yr
-
+$592k
University of Redlands
Redlands
CA
$122,234
5yr Post-Grad
$22,867
/yr
-
+$588k
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
TN
$111,620
2yr Post-Grad
$19,040
/yr
$60,500
+$562k
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson
TX
$115,082
5yr Post-Grad
$17,435
/yr
$23,791
+$537k
Texas A&M University-College Station
College Station
TX
$114,732
5yr Post-Grad
$20,924
/yr
-
+$527k
Bentley University
Waltham
MA
$117,833
5yr Post-Grad
$38,787
/yr
-
+$521k
University of Georgia
Athens
GA
$107,611
5yr Post-Grad
$13,816
/yr
-
+$479k
Michigan State University
East Lansing
MI
$106,967
5yr Post-Grad
$20,751
/yr
$30,719
+$461k
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia
PA
$103,078
2yr Post-Grad
$35,487
/yr
-
+$455k
Georgia State University
Atlanta
GA
$92,565
5yr Post-Grad
$15,931
/yr
-
+$346k
Suffolk University
Boston
MA
$95,032
5yr Post-Grad
$30,031
/yr
-
+$342k
University of Denver
Denver
CO
$95,684
5yr Post-Grad
$36,037
/yr
$62,723
+$336k
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver
CO
$90,576
5yr Post-Grad
$19,133
/yr
-
+$323k
Emerson College
Boston
MA
$91,573
5yr Post-Grad
$46,766
/yr
$41,000
+$281k
Pace University
New York
NY
$71,015
2yr Post-Grad
$31,046
/yr
-
+$171k
La Salle University
Philadelphia
PA
$67,164
2yr Post-Grad
$21,409
/yr
-
+$153k
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester
NH
$69,986
5yr Post-Grad
$33,742
/yr
$36,316
+$119k
Franklin University
Columbus
OH
$66,566
5yr Post-Grad
$22,605
/yr
$41,000
+$110k
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix
AZ
$62,442
5yr Post-Grad
$13,571
/yr
$40,705
+$90k
Florida Institute of Technology-Online
Melbourne
FL
$63,868
5yr Post-Grad
$25,374
/yr
-
+$81k
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
$61,440
5yr Post-Grad
$22,150
/yr
$20,500
+$65k
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne
FL
$63,868
5yr Post-Grad
$35,300
/yr
-
+$63k
LIM College
New York
NY
$64,155
5yr Post-Grad
$37,514
/yr
$41,000
+$61k
University of Scranton
Scranton
PA
$57,437
2yr Post-Grad
$30,528
/yr
-
+$45k
Capella University
Minneapolis
MN
$55,164
5yr Post-Grad
$18,305
/yr
$47,657
+$15k
Golden Gate University
San Francisco
CA
$47,260
2yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$1k
Hult International Business School
Cambridge
MA
$54,035
2yr Post-Grad
$42,402
/yr
$69,936
-$9k
University of Saint Mary
Leavenworth
KS
$50,439
2yr Post-Grad
$23,335
/yr
-
-$10k
Wilmington University
New Castle
DE
$46,087
2yr Post-Grad
$15,355
/yr
-
-$39k
University of Toledo
Toledo
OH
$44,971
2yr Post-Grad
$17,460
/yr
-
-$54k
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati
OH
$45,864
2yr Post-Grad
$23,156
/yr
$28,979
-$55k
Florida State University
Tallahassee
FL
$41,565
2yr Post-Grad
$10,997
/yr
-
-$76k
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus
San Juan
PR
$42,278
5yr Post-Grad
$7,559
/yr
$27,610
-$88k
Webster University
Saint Louis
MO
$35,060
2yr Post-Grad
$26,196
/yr
-
-$171k
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.