Master's · Tempe, Arizona

Is Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Arizona State University Campus Immersion worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $121,833; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $36,039; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $38k (likely $38k – $38k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $61k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AZ; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.1 years (likely 0.8–1.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $412k (likely $169k – $724k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.07M (likely $563k – $1.72M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.