Master's · Chicago, Illinois

Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Northeastern 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$90,501
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$99,217
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$14,933
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$16k (likely $16k – $16k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$34k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
1 years (likely 0.8–1.4)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$174k (likely $86k – $267k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$577k (likely $379k – $783k)
Today's dollars

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