Master's · Frostburg, Maryland
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Frostburg 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
- $57,888
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,539
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $28k (likely $28k – $28k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MD
- 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
- −$271k (likely −$344k – −$191k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$365k (likely −$495k – −$213k)
- 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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- Engineering, General (Bachelor's)$99,671
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$70,144
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$69,680
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$67,484
- Education, General (Master's)$63,223
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Maryland
- Goucher College$69,904
- Towson University$66,328
- McDaniel College$64,336
- Johns Hopkins University$63,385
- Notre Dame of Maryland University$63,218
- University of Maryland Global Campus$61,083
- Mount St. Mary's University$60,543
- Loyola University Maryland$55,827