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Master's · Lake Charles, Louisiana

Is Psychology, General at McNeese State University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$54,415
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$85,222
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$39,294
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$42k (likely $42k – $42k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$29k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in LA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
4.1 years (likely 3.0–5.9)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$81k (likely −$31k – $206k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$473k (likely $213k – $754k)
Today's dollars

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