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Master's · San Diego, California

Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at University of San Diego worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 14.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$69,206
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$77,378
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$78,398
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
$8k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
14.1 years (likely 9.7–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$206k (likely −$272k – −$138k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$69k (likely −$225k – $108k)
Today's dollars

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