Master's · Magnolia, Arkansas
Is Educational/Instructional Media Design at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,477
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,403
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $16,962
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $18k (likely $18k – $18k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AR
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$180k (likely −$246k – −$110k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$237k (likely −$364k – −$99k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$49,419
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$48,923
Educational/Instructional Media Design at other schools in Arkansas
- University of Arkansas$62,933
- Arkansas Tech University$49,760