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Master's Degree19 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg
VA
$91,116
5yr Post-Grad
$23,790
/yr
$38,924
+$319k
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park
MD
$88,244
5yr Post-Grad
$15,590
/yr
-
+$310k
Yale University
New Haven
CT
$90,713
5yr Post-Grad
$27,818
/yr
-
+$309k
University of Denver
Denver
CO
$85,706
5yr Post-Grad
$36,037
/yr
$41,000
+$250k
Duke University
Durham
NC
$84,677
5yr Post-Grad
$34,454
/yr
-
+$244k
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee
WI
$76,170
5yr Post-Grad
$16,177
/yr
-
+$205k
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
Bend
OR
$73,952
5yr Post-Grad
$17,722
/yr
-
+$183k
Oregon State University
Corvallis
OR
$73,952
5yr Post-Grad
$19,568
/yr
-
+$180k
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale
FL
$68,613
5yr Post-Grad
$31,303
/yr
-
+$112k
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu
HI
$57,318
2yr Post-Grad
$13,181
/yr
-
+$76k
University of Idaho
Moscow
ID
$57,543
5yr Post-Grad
$13,782
/yr
$21,424
+$45k
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Fort Collins
CO
$56,859
5yr Post-Grad
$20,332
/yr
$30,240
+$27k
Montana State University
Bozeman
MT
$48,432
2yr Post-Grad
$20,593
/yr
-
-$25k
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Fargo
ND
$48,721
5yr Post-Grad
$16,334
/yr
-
-$42k
University of Miami
Coral Gables
FL
$51,785
5yr Post-Grad
$36,803
/yr
$66,108
-$51k
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus
San Juan
PR
$43,426
2yr Post-Grad
$7,559
/yr
$17,183
-$51k
Texas A&M University-College Station
College Station
TX
$35,060
2yr Post-Grad
$20,924
/yr
-
-$162k
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wilmington
NC
$33,993
2yr Post-Grad
$19,472
/yr
-
-$170k
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook
NY
$30,771
2yr Post-Grad
$18,430
/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.