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Master's · Iowa City, Iowa

Is Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods at University of Iowa worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 0.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$107,487
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$123,896
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$22,302
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$24k (likely $24k – $24k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$60k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
0.9 years (likely 0.7–1.2)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$420k (likely $312k – $541k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.14M (likely $884k – $1.44M)
Today's dollars

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