Master's · Moraga, California
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at Saint Mary's College of California 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,313
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $87,182
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $78,991
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $84k (likely $84k – $84k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $18k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.9 years (likely 6.2–15.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$123k (likely −$230k – −$11k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $144k (likely −$96k – $419k)
- 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 Saint Mary's College of California
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$161,500
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)$108,918
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$107,570
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$107,437
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$90,166
- Dance (Master's)$89,283
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$86,092
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$80,262
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$73,293
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$70,123
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$68,501
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$66,265
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in California
- Fresno Pacific University$94,232
- San Francisco State University$91,778
- Concordia University-Irvine$91,553
- California State University-Los Angeles$88,659
- California State University-East Bay$85,452
- Alliant International University-San Diego$84,805
- California State University-Dominguez Hills$84,789
- California State University-Bakersfield$82,248
- California Lutheran University$82,204
- University of Redlands$82,138