Associate's · Boston, Massachusetts

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Urban College of Boston 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 9.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $46,142; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $46,900; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: Not enough borrowers to report; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $21k (likely $21k – $29k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 9.3 years (likely 3.8–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$92k (likely −$141k – −$42k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$77k (likely −$171k – $17k); Today's dollars