Master's · Worcester, Massachusetts
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Assumption University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $61,642
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $71,877
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $46,099
- 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
- −$113 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 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
- −$244k (likely −$329k – −$148k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$195k (likely −$376k – $19k)
- 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 Assumption University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$102,181
- Economics (Bachelor's)$90,662
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$87,681
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$83,706
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$80,220
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$75,091
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$74,900
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$68,156
- Criminology (Bachelor's)$67,883
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$67,635
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$67,523
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$62,073
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Massachusetts
- Cambridge College$85,569
- Simmons University$79,951
- Western New England University$77,984
- Northeastern University$76,859
- Northeastern University Professional Programs$76,859
- Bay Path University$76,036
- Tufts University$75,517
- Regis College$72,274
- William James College$72,262
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth$72,224