Bachelor's · Winter Park, Florida
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Rollins College 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $50,465
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $57,904
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,375
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $154k (likely $154k – $163k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.7 years (likely 6.1–16.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$140k (likely −$249k – $7k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $121k (likely −$109k – $444k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 78%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$118,277
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$105,299
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$96,439
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Bachelor's)$85,574
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$76,600
- Public Health (Master's)$76,051
- International Relations and National Security Studies (Bachelor's)$70,502
- International Business (Bachelor's)$69,695
- Economics (Bachelor's)$68,194
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor's)$63,363
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$62,086
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$61,095
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- Florida Gulf Coast University$58,115
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- Florida Atlantic University$56,073
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- The University of Tampa$53,942
- Florida International University$53,854
- Indian River State College$53,747
- University of Florida$53,079
- St Petersburg College$52,047
- College of Central Florida$52,015