Master's · Chicago, Illinois
Is Special Education and Teaching at Northeastern Illinois University 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 6.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $70,215
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $70,644
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,468
- 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
- $5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.9 years (likely 2.4–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$129k (likely −$217k – −$28k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$114k (likely −$278k – $87k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Northeastern Illinois University
- Computer Science (Master's)$121,596
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$92,370
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$88,917
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$87,843
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$85,319
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$71,330
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$69,529
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$69,226
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$69,011
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$68,328
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$66,269
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$64,022
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
- National Louis University$65,083
- 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