Master's · Chicago, Illinois
Is Special Education and Teaching at National Louis 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 13.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,982
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $69,907
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $35,875
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $38k (likely $38k – $38k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 13.8 years (likely 7.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$163k (likely −$217k – −$102k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$110k (likely −$223k – $11k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at National Louis University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$136,173
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$86,139
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$80,648
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$79,490
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$78,175
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$76,905
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$74,580
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$74,144
- Public Administration (Master's)$73,033
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$70,926
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$64,430
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$62,529
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Illinois
- DePaul University$77,204
- Dominican University$76,142
- University of Illinois Chicago$74,270
- Concordia University-Chicago$67,237
- Northeastern Illinois University$65,769
- Saint Xavier University$64,421
- Aurora University$64,110
- Illinois State University$62,105
- Northern Illinois University$62,066
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$61,263