Master's · Worcester, Massachusetts
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Worcester 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
- $70,050
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $71,198
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,246
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $19k (likely $19k – $19k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$925 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
- −$203k (likely −$282k – −$123k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$242k (likely −$389k – −$84k)
- 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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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$81,000
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$79,966
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Bachelor's)$74,386
- Education, General (Master's)$69,431
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$68,459
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$66,405
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$65,588
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$63,505
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
- Northeastern University$65,134
- Northeastern University Professional Programs$65,134
- Boston University$62,027