Master's · Kalamazoo, Michigan
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Western Michigan 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
- $64,084
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,199
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $40,497
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 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
- −$190k (likely −$261k – −$119k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$164k (likely −$308k – −$31k)
- 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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- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$123,892
- Paper Science and Engineering (Bachelor's)$102,825
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$96,045
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- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Bachelor's)$94,177
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$94,135
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,306
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$91,777
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$90,876
- Air Transportation (Bachelor's)$89,564
- Engineering-Related Fields (Bachelor's)$88,746
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$87,477
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in Michigan
- University of Michigan-Dearborn$65,815
- Wayne State University$63,408
- Central Michigan University$62,450
- Northern Michigan University$62,230
- Oakland University$60,911
- Eastern Michigan University$60,347
- Michigan State University$55,911