Master's · Salem, Massachusetts
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $58,072
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $65,444
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,384
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k 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
- −$255k (likely −$318k – −$184k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$275k (likely −$418k – −$107k)
- 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 Salem State University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$122,042
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$107,339
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$95,550
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$92,380
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$81,266
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$80,033
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$77,115
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$72,560
- Social Work (Master's)$69,819
- English Language and Literature, General (Master's)$69,754
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$69,564
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$69,495
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