Master's · Ottawa, Kansas
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Ottawa University-Ottawa 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 12.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $48,097
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $72,747
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $46,410
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $49k (likely $49k – $49k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KS
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.7 years (likely 6.2–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$175k (likely −$284k – −$40k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$46k (likely −$277k – $281k)
- 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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Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Kansas
- Ottawa University-Kansas City$67,727
- Ottawa University-Online$67,727
- University of Saint Mary$62,007
- University of Kansas$57,816
- MidAmerica Nazarene University$54,583
- Emporia State University$51,389