Master's · Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $46,663; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $48,973; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $56,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $60k (likely $60k – $60k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: −$16k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IN; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: Not within 20 years in most scenarios; Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$405k (likely −$471k – −$335k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$576k (likely −$703k – −$437k); Today's dollars

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