Doctoral · Wheaton, Illinois
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Wheaton 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $75,740
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $95,986
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $128,998
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $137k (likely $137k – $137k)
- 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
- 8.5 years (likely 5.6–14.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$288k (likely −$461k – −$105k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $130k (likely −$247k – $515k)
- 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 Wheaton College
- Economics (Bachelor's)$84,829
- Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's)$80,258
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$69,566
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Master's)$66,104
- International Relations and National Security Studies (Bachelor's)$65,230
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$61,371
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$60,695
- Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology (Master's)$53,737
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$52,647
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$49,974
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$48,374
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$43,613
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Illinois
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science$117,675
- DePaul University$116,242
- Roosevelt University$108,933
- Loyola University Chicago$104,629
- Adler University$103,713
- Midwestern University-Downers Grove$99,770
- The Chicago School at Chicago$97,234
- National Louis University$80,648