Master's · Naperville, Illinois
Is Educational Administration and Supervision at North Central 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $71,819
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $95,644
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $32,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $34k (likely $34k – $34k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $31k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.5 years (likely 2.3–6.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $89k (likely −$72k – $246k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $472k (likely $137k – $856k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$78,125
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- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$69,847
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- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)$65,846
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- Concordia University-Chicago$82,000
- Northwestern University$78,655
- University of St Francis$78,478
- Roosevelt University$77,665