Master's · Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at Fitchburg State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $61,943
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,717
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $37,063
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $39k (likely $39k – $39k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$8k 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
- −$301k (likely −$399k – −$192k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$392k (likely −$573k – −$156k)
- 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 Fitchburg State University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$92,187
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$90,969
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$89,717
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$75,879
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$72,362
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$66,707
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$65,991
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$64,927
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$64,528
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$62,396
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$61,409
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$60,768
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at other schools in Massachusetts
- MGH Institute of Health Professions$85,304
- Bay Path University$79,114
- Suffolk University$76,289
- University of Massachusetts-Boston$68,868
- Boston College$68,060
- Merrimack College$63,360
- Cambridge College$63,194
- William James College$60,955
- Lesley University$60,700
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary$56,074