Master's · Salem, Massachusetts
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Salem State 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 17.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,665
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $74,646
- 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
- $3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 17.1 years (likely 7.7–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$201k (likely −$274k – −$114k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$135k (likely −$295k – $55k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Massachusetts
- Cambridge College$85,569
- Simmons University$79,951
- Western New England University$77,984
- Northeastern University$76,859
- Northeastern University Professional Programs$76,859
- Bay Path University$76,036
- Tufts University$75,517
- Regis College$72,274
- William James College$72,262
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth$72,224