Master's · Charleston, Illinois

Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Eastern Illinois University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

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

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$74,869
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$78,151
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$20,250
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$21k (likely $21k – $21k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$13k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.3 years (likely 2.1–6.4)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$52k (likely −$121k – $23k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$70k (likely −$63k – $222k)
Today's dollars

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