Master's · Newton, Massachusetts

Is Criminology at Lasell 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 0.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $143,403; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $124,393; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $22,598; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $24k (likely $24k – $24k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $53k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 0.7 years (likely 0.5–0.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $337k (likely $213k – $471k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $819k (likely $580k – $1.08M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.