Graduate certificate · Washington, District of Columbia
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at The Chicago School at Washington DC worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $68,485
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $85,599
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $58,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $61k (likely $61k – $61k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $817 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in DC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$203k (likely −$274k – −$130k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$140k (likely −$319k – $57k)
- 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 The Chicago School at Washington DC
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$113,634
- Psychology, Other (Doctoral)$108,825
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$97,234
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$76,832
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$73,751