Master's · Berkeley, California
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at University of California-Berkeley 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 5.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $70,598
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $81,470
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,154
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.4 years (likely 2.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$73k (likely −$219k – $90k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $130k (likely −$200k – $476k)
- Today's dollars
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Other majors at University of California-Berkeley
- Law (First professional)$226,996
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (First professional)$226,351
- Information Science/Studies (First professional)$209,391
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$204,379
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$200,543
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$191,069
- Physics (Doctoral)$177,589
- Chemistry (Doctoral)$168,396
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$162,352
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$147,475
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$144,599
- Mechanical Engineering (First professional)$140,788
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