Master's · Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Is Curriculum and Instruction at Boston College 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 13.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,010
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $76,721
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 13.6 years (likely 7.3–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$190k (likely −$267k – −$101k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$94k (likely −$270k – $116k)
- 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 Boston College
- Law (First professional)$190,940
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$174,350
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$152,252
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$151,547
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$147,746
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$143,204
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Bachelor's)$132,903
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$131,090
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$129,436
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$126,475
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$126,461
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$123,144
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in Massachusetts
- Boston University$78,782
- Fitchburg State University$72,362
- Lesley University$66,404
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell$66,277
- Gordon College$64,429
- Curry College$62,372
- Bay Path University$59,957