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Master's Degree95 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Harvard University
Cambridge
MA
$129,978
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$19,066
/yr
$70,447
+$660k
University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
$124,169
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$646k
Princeton University
Princeton
NJ
$120,163
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$6,128
/yr
-
+$601k
University of Chicago
Chicago
IL
$112,727
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$14,860
/yr
$78,854
+$521k
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor
MI
$107,392
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$13,138
/yr
$48,894
+$479k
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
MD
$107,692
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$18,809
/yr
$32,114
+$471k
Duke University
Durham
NC
$109,274
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$29,612
/yr
$66,331
+$465k
Georgetown University
Washington
DC
$110,634
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$40,815
/yr
$99,635
+$456k
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles
CA
$100,925
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$12,548
/yr
$41,000
+$424k
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh
PA
$103,268
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$31,944
/yr
$41,000
+$409k
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus
Waterbury
CT
$96,919
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$10,875
/yr
-
+$393k
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville
VA
$99,110
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$21,565
/yr
$37,240
+$392k
George Mason University
Fairfax
VA
$97,926
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$17,915
/yr
$37,996
+$389k
University of Connecticut-Avery Point
Groton
CT
$96,919
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$13,807
/yr
-
+$388k
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park
MD
$96,792
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$15,678
/yr
$30,821
+$383k
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus
Hartford
CT
$96,919
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$16,403
/yr
-
+$383k
University of Connecticut-Stamford
Stamford
CT
$96,919
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$16,798
/yr
-
+$382k
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
TN
$96,305
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$15,846
/yr
$40,464
+$379k
University of Connecticut
Storrs
CT
$96,919
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$25,097
/yr
-
+$367k
American University
Washington
DC
$98,588
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$41,943
/yr
$54,986
+$350k
Teachers College at Columbia University
New York
NY
$87,221
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$41,599
+$330k
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
CA
$94,114
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$32,740
/yr
$81,516
+$329k
George Washington University
Washington
DC
$94,862
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$36,586
/yr
$53,242
+$328k
Temple University
Philadelphia
PA
$91,832
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$28,198
/yr
$35,400
+$317k
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley
CA
$83,177
Nat: $87,221
2yr Post-Grad
$13,481
/yr
-
+$314k
Rutgers University-Camden
Camden
NJ
$89,111
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$18,745
/yr
$30,250
+$311k
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick
NJ
$89,111
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$24,406
/yr
$30,250
+$301k
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth
MA
$87,730
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$20,927
/yr
-
+$296k
Brown University
Providence
RI
$87,139
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$25,184
/yr
$47,500
+$283k
University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Bothell
WA
$84,234
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$12,319
/yr
$22,821
+$281k
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle
WA
$84,234
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$14,091
/yr
$22,821
+$278k
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin
TX
$84,618
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$19,857
/yr
$40,156
+$271k
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville
TN
$82,094
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$18,976
/yr
-
+$251k
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst
MA
$82,435
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$22,383
/yr
-
+$247k
The New School
New York
NY
$89,713
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$58,741
/yr
$61,796
+$243k
Walden University
Minneapolis
MN
$84,035
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$33,817
/yr
-
+$240k
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis
MN
$80,100
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$16,778
/yr
$31,250
+$238k
William & Mary
Williamsburg
VA
$80,402
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$19,096
/yr
-
+$236k
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison
WI
$78,939
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$17,354
/yr
$20,213
+$227k
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook
NY
$77,523
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$18,784
/yr
$20,391
+$212k
University of California-Riverside
Riverside
CA
$76,103
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$14,304
/yr
$41,775
+$208k
Brandeis University
Waltham
MA
$79,908
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$35,736
/yr
$41,000
+$201k
University of California-Irvine
Irvine
CA
$75,045
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$14,251
/yr
$41,000
+$199k
Liberty University
Lynchburg
VA
$78,054
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$29,357
/yr
$27,994
+$197k
Portland State University
Portland
OR
$73,504
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$9,552
/yr
-
+$194k
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham
NH
$75,424
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$23,805
/yr
-
+$184k
University of Houston
Houston
TX
$72,392
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$14,276
/yr
-
+$176k
Pepperdine University
Malibu
CA
$81,037
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$58,098
/yr
$60,660
+$170k
Michigan State University
East Lansing
MI
$72,828
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$19,680
/yr
-
+$170k
Trinity College
Hartford
CT
$72,738
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$34,832
/yr
-
+$141k
University of Southern Maine
Portland
ME
$66,469
Nat: $93,020
4yr Post-Grad
$13,596
/yr
$31,571
+$126k
Northeastern University
Boston
MA
$63,005
Nat: $93,020
2yr Post-Grad
$30,915
/yr
-
+$97k
Monmouth University
West Long Branch
NJ
$55,151
Nat: $93,020
2yr Post-Grad
$30,988
/yr
-
+$23k
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe
AZ
-
Nat: $93,020
$14,967
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arizona
Tucson
AZ
-
Nat: $93,020
$16,674
/yr
-
-$0
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo
CA
-
Nat: $93,020
$16,665
/yr
-
-$0
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla
CA
-
Nat: $93,020
$12,470
/yr
$33,242
-$0
University of the Pacific
Stockton
CA
-
Nat: $93,020
$25,447
/yr
-
-$0
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville
FL
-
Nat: $93,020
$25,180
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta
GA
-
Nat: $93,020
$12,116
/yr
-
-$0
Adler University
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $93,020
-
/yr
-
-$0
DePaul University
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $93,020
$30,902
/yr
-
-$0
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $93,020
$36,079
/yr
-
-$0
National Louis University
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $93,020
$12,641
/yr
-
-$0
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
IA
-
Nat: $93,020
$15,901
/yr
-
-$0
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore
MD
-
Nat: $93,020
$16,467
/yr
-
-$0
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $93,020
$17,707
/yr
-
-$0
Tufts University
Medford
MA
-
Nat: $93,020
$39,998
/yr
-
-$0
Michigan Technological University
Houghton
MI
-
Nat: $93,020
$14,182
/yr
-
-$0
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $93,020
$9,492
/yr
-
-$0
University of St Thomas
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $93,020
$29,155
/yr
-
-$0
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis
MO
-
Nat: $93,020
$21,786
/yr
-
-$0
New England College
Henniker
NH
-
Nat: $93,020
$26,972
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $93,020
$34,906
/yr
-
-$0
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman
OK
-
Nat: $93,020
$15,300
/yr
-
-$0
Delaware Valley University
Doylestown
PA
-
Nat: $93,020
$28,278
/yr
-
-$0
Drexel University
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $93,020
$38,509
/yr
-
-$0
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown
PA
-
Nat: $93,020
$26,598
/yr
-
-$0
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $93,020
$28,699
/yr
-
-$0
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $93,020
$30,434
/yr
-
-$0
University of Rhode Island
Kingston
RI
-
Nat: $93,020
$21,440
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
-
Nat: $93,020
$4,831
/yr
-
-$0
University of St Thomas
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $93,020
$19,359
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
TX
-
Nat: $93,020
$13,951
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson
TX
-
Nat: $93,020
$18,267
/yr
-
-$0
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $93,020
$16,200
/yr
-
-$0
Washington State University
Pullman
WA
-
Nat: $93,020
$14,971
/yr
-
-$0
Marshall University
Huntington
WV
-
Nat: $93,020
$7,502
/yr
-
-$0
Stanford University
Stanford
CA
-
Nat: $93,020
$13,807
/yr
-
-$0
American Public University System
Charles Town
WV
-
Nat: $93,020
$9,597
/yr
-
-$0
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale
AZ
-
Nat: $93,020
-
/yr
-
-$0
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
Bend
OR
$47,846
Nat: $93,020
2yr Post-Grad
$18,048
/yr
-
-$26k
Oregon State University
Corvallis
OR
$47,846
Nat: $93,020
2yr Post-Grad
$19,604
/yr
-
-$29k
University of Denver
Denver
CO
$48,432
Nat: $93,020
2yr Post-Grad
$36,131
/yr
-
-$53k
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
PA
$47,260
Nat: $93,020
2yr Post-Grad
$37,730
/yr
-
-$68k
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.