Doctoral · Claremont, California
Is Education, General at Claremont Graduate University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $114,346
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $127,173
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $84,957
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $90k (likely $90k – $90k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $58k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.1 years (likely 2.3–4.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $70k (likely −$129k – $268k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $771k (likely $362k – $1.22M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Claremont Graduate University
- Psychology, General (Doctoral)$118,456
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$100,756
- Public Health (Master's)$91,103
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$90,040
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Graduate certificate)$88,356
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$80,974
- Psychology, General (Master's)$80,672
- Education, General (Master's)$70,569
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (Master's)$64,890
- Religion/Religious Studies (Doctoral)$54,096
Education, General at other schools in California
- University of California-San Diego$131,358
- University of California-Berkeley$130,547
- Stanford University$125,390
- Azusa Pacific University$113,252
- University of California-Riverside$105,195
- University of California-Irvine$98,554
- University of California-Los Angeles$96,245
- University of California-Santa Barbara$89,989
- Northcentral University$80,493