Bachelor's · Waverly, Iowa

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Wartburg 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 11.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $47,169; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $51,233; 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
Net cost to graduate, all families: $99k (likely $99k – $132k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in IA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 11.4 years (likely 6.5–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$183k (likely −$288k – −$80k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$47k (likely −$230k – $181k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 68%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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AP Psychology
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IB Higher Level

Psychology HL
Language A HL

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