Master's · Manhattan, Kansas

Is Interior Architecture at Kansas State University 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 16.2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $66,345; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $33,246; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $35k (likely $35k – $35k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KS; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 16.2 years (likely 3.8–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$168k (likely −$284k – −$30k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$129k (likely −$359k – $173k); Today's dollars

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