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Doctoral · Education

Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral): earnings by school

37 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$78,158
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$83,569
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$58,890
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 24 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $79,274 and $91,322. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
St. John's University-New York NY$130,968$153,334$60,592
Northern Illinois University IL—$117,352—
University of Illinois Chicago IL$98,758——
University of Memphis TN$81,841$97,572—
Mercer University GA—$96,686—
Georgia Southern University GA$84,156$91,534$62,250
Chapman University CA$91,496——
Baylor University TX$91,353—$93,326
Teachers College at Columbia University NY—$91,322—
University of Florida FL$78,014$91,306$50,101
Capella University MN$80,642$91,034$59,075
Piedmont University GA$88,303——
The University of Texas at Austin TX$75,834$85,479—
Wilkes University PA$85,325——
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA$60,861$84,607—
University of South Florida FL$80,784$84,486$62,906
University of Louisiana at Monroe LA$83,769——
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC—$83,594—
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$72,339$83,544$56,393
Lindenwood University MO—$83,439$63,188
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$81,801$80,374$58,706
University of Phoenix-Arizona AZ$85,932$80,021$76,904
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$73,302$79,364—
Michigan State University MI—$79,274—
Gardner-Webb University NC$74,096$78,398$57,640
University of Denver CO$78,303——
University at Buffalo NY$77,049——
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$77,025——
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX$76,881—$33,296
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC$76,741——
University of Missouri-Columbia MO—$76,582—
Texas Tech University TX$76,405$75,455$55,166
Robert Morris University PA$74,297——
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$69,534$74,098—
Liberty University VA$79,378$73,065$58,172
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$67,674$70,523—
University of North Texas TX$68,358——