Master's · Monterey, California
Is Public Administration at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey 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 6.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $66,389
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $96,581
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $78,072
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $83k (likely $83k – $83k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $28k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.9 years (likely 5.0–10.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$43k (likely −$157k – $92k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $320k (likely $61k – $644k)
- 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 Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$128,688
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (Master's)$95,625
- International Relations and National Security Studies (Bachelor's)$92,728
- International Relations and National Security Studies (Master's)$92,176
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's)$72,805
- Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations (Master's)$57,767
- Education, Other (Master's)$57,179
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$56,529
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- Golden Gate University$122,598
- San Francisco State University$108,093
- University of Southern California$103,721
- California State University-East Bay$99,879
- University of San Francisco$99,141
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- California State University-Northridge$92,353
- San Diego State University$91,303
- California State University-Dominguez Hills$89,849