Master's · Dekalb, Illinois
Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Northern 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 5.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $64,747
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $78,285
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $26k (likely $26k – $26k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.3 years (likely 3.4–10.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$59k (likely −$149k – $32k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $138k (likely −$62k – $369k)
- 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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- North Park University$98,809
- Governors State University$92,964
- Northeastern Illinois University$92,370
- North Central College$89,044
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- DePaul University$84,568
- Aurora University$83,746
- Concordia University-Chicago$82,000
- Northwestern University$78,655
- University of St Francis$78,478