Doctoral · New Castle, Delaware

Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Wilmington University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 2.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $109,489; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $118,545; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $58,078; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $62k (likely $62k – $62k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $48k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in DE; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.5 years (likely 2.0–3.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$5k (likely −$142k – $127k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $535k (likely $297k – $822k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.