Master's · Dahlonega, Georgia
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at University of North Georgia 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 7.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,633
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,398
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,399
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $20k (likely $20k – $20k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.1 years (likely 2.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$113k (likely −$210k – −$5k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$60k (likely −$248k – $162k)
- Today's dollars
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