Bachelor's · Baltimore, Maryland

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Coppin State University worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $53,634; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $60,091; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $25,320; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $59k (likely $54k – $76k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 4.4 years (likely 2.9–8.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$45k (likely −$168k – $67k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $213k (likely −$38k – $467k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 21%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26