Master's · North Andover, Massachusetts
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Merrimack College worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $60,390
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $65,580
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,917
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$7k 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
- −$273k (likely −$322k – −$236k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$323k (likely −$410k – −$229k)
- 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 Merrimack College
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$114,115
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$101,605
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$96,494
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$92,014
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,714
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,545
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$84,044
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$79,581
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$73,877
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Master's)$72,160
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$69,615
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$68,209
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Massachusetts
- Harvard University$80,826
- University of Massachusetts-Boston$76,298
- Endicott College$73,257
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth$69,794
- Boston College$68,576
- American International College$67,175
- Cambridge College$66,861
- Worcester State University$66,285
- Northeastern University$65,134
- Northeastern University Professional Programs$65,134