Master's · Emporia, Kansas
Is Special Education and Teaching at Emporia State University 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
- $62,386
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,717
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,212
- 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
- −$2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KS
- 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
- −$209k (likely −$277k – −$136k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$270k (likely −$402k – −$132k)
- 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 Emporia State University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$89,555
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$80,168
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$78,956
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$71,002
- Mathematics (Master's)$70,133
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$68,568
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$67,263
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$65,271
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$65,259
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$65,043
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,719
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,355
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Kansas
- Wichita State University$61,632
- Fort Hays State University$60,958
- Friends University$59,653
- University of Kansas$59,173
- Baker University$58,912
- Pittsburg State University$56,317