Doctoral · Athens, Georgia

Is Educational Administration and Supervision at University of Georgia worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$115,846
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$134,147
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$59,069
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$63k (likely $63k – $63k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$74k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
1.8 years (likely 1.4–2.4)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$304k (likely $140k – $484k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.19M (likely $841k – $1.61M)
Today's dollars

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