Master's · Moraga, California
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Saint Mary's College of California 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,518
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $78,726
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $29,318
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $31k (likely $31k – $31k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.7 years (likely 3.4–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$101k (likely −$218k – $30k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $63k (likely −$192k – $373k)
- Today's dollars
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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
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$81,166
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$80,262
- 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in California
- California State University-Fresno$97,033
- California State University-Long Beach$91,505
- California State University-Northridge$89,925
- San Diego Christian College$88,090
- University of Massachusetts Global$84,909
- Claremont Graduate University$80,974
- University of California-Irvine$79,921
- Santa Clara University$79,448
- San Francisco State University$77,699
- California State University-Fullerton$77,214