Bachelor's · Boston, Massachusetts
Is Human Services, General at Cambridge College 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,516
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,117
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,457
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $133k (likely $133k – $133k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $16k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.6 years (likely 5.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$180k (likely −$273k – −$68k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$47k (likely −$234k – $178k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 100%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Cambridge College
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$85,569
- Education, General (Master's)$82,941
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$72,937
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Graduate certificate)$70,134
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$66,861
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$66,360
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$64,329
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$63,194
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,011
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$56,332
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$48,826
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$45,019
Human Services, General at other schools in Massachusetts
- Northeastern University$61,152
- Northeastern University Professional Programs$61,152
- Fitchburg State University$52,945
- Fisher College$48,902