Master's · Campbellsville, Kentucky
Is Special Education and Teaching at Campbellsville 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $48,919
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $47,773
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,700
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$9k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KY
- 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
- −$270k (likely −$343k – −$187k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$398k (likely −$537k – −$239k)
- 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 Campbellsville University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$79,651
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$76,568
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$75,462
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$71,225
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$59,805
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$59,591
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$55,942
- Social Work (Master's)$55,212
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (Master's)$52,582
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$52,167
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$50,692
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$46,038
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Kentucky
- University of Louisville$60,000
- Georgetown College$53,879
- University of Kentucky$51,666
- Western Kentucky University$51,391
- University of the Cumberlands$46,631
- Eastern Kentucky University$45,142
- Murray State University$43,802