Master's · Downers Grove, Illinois

Is Biology, General at Midwestern University-Downers Grove 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $28,756; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $89,061; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $65,438; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $69k (likely $69k – $69k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $24k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6.8 years (likely 5.2–9.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$45k (likely −$132k – $49k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $281k (likely $74k – $499k); Today's dollars

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