Bachelor's · Westminster, Maryland
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at McDaniel College 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 5.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,240
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- 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
- $97k (likely $97k – $114k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.7 years (likely 3.6–11.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$55k (likely −$179k – $86k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $195k (likely −$57k – $493k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 56%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$93,347
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$92,383
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$86,787
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$78,830
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$76,616
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$69,154
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$67,374
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$65,411
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$64,336
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$60,264
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$58,555
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$55,851
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Maryland
- Bowie State University$60,746
- Mount St. Mary's University$59,630
- University of Maryland-College Park$58,086
- Towson University$56,254
- Coppin State University$55,944
- Morgan State University$55,837
- Salisbury University$55,807
- Loyola University Maryland$54,695
- Stevenson University$54,233
- Frostburg State University$51,478