Master's · Highland Heights, Kentucky
Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Northern Kentucky 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $66,127
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $77,318
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,200
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $20k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.9 years (likely 1.6–6.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $40k (likely −$96k – $196k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $308k (likely $24k – $660k)
- 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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- Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$92,849
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$88,698
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$88,492
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$88,157
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$85,697
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Master's)$85,127
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- University of Louisville$86,009
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- Bellarmine University$71,227
- Georgetown College$68,686
- University of Kentucky$66,209
- University of the Cumberlands$61,352
- Murray State University$60,155
- Campbellsville University$59,591
- Union Commonwealth University$55,247
- University of Pikeville$49,902