Master's · Tampa, Florida
Is Curriculum and Instruction at University of South Florida worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $55,808
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $63,241
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $29k (likely $29k – $29k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$395 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in FL
- 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
- −$188k (likely −$254k – −$115k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$143k (likely −$294k – $21k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University of South Florida
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$200,931
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$127,778
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$127,663
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$116,242
- Computer Systems Analysis (Master's)$115,356
- Homeland Security (Master's)$114,398
- Public Health (Doctoral)$113,870
- Psychology, General (Doctoral)$113,606
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$112,594
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$109,054
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$102,978
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$102,275
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in Florida
- Florida International University$66,189
- University of Florida$66,003
- Florida Atlantic University$62,090
- Florida Gulf Coast University$61,774
- University of West Florida$60,517
- The University of Tampa$57,893
- Nova Southeastern University$57,180
- Florida State University$56,672
- Florida Southern College$54,810