Master's · Williamsburg, Kentucky
Is Special Education and Teaching at University of the Cumberlands worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $50,087
- 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
- $31,044
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$5k 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
- −$227k (likely −$273k – −$182k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$276k (likely −$372k – −$177k)
- 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 University of the Cumberlands
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Doctoral)$161,669
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$118,251
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$101,403
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$98,100
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$95,033
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$94,183
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$92,853
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$86,304
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$76,452
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$75,882
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$71,200
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$67,143
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
- Eastern Kentucky University$45,142
- Campbellsville University$44,476
- Murray State University$43,802