Master's · River Forest, Illinois
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Concordia University-Chicago 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 12.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,091
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $74,690
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $66,070
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $70k (likely $70k – $70k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.5 years (likely 7.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$177k (likely −$271k – −$66k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$21k (likely −$238k – $229k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Concordia University-Chicago
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$123,623
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$110,620
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$94,490
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$84,318
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Doctoral)$83,542
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$82,060
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$82,000
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$74,446
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$73,256
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$72,050
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$68,826
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$67,237
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Illinois
- Elmhurst University$97,793
- The Chicago School at Chicago$73,751
- Aurora University$73,726
- Eastern Illinois University$69,772
- Loyola University Chicago$66,713
- North Park University$63,656
- Governors State University$63,633
- Roosevelt University$63,007
- Wheaton College$61,371
- Adler University$61,328