Master's · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Is Special Education and Teaching at Concordia University-Saint Paul 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
- $64,553
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,969
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,599
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $26k (likely $26k – $26k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 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
- −$170k (likely −$248k – −$92k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$151k (likely −$306k – $12k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Concordia University-Saint Paul
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,086
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$105,577
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$93,347
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$88,914
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$88,470
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$85,621
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$82,860
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$79,708
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$77,764
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$77,037
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$76,183
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$75,912
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Minnesota
- Bethel University$67,614
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$67,553
- University of St Thomas$66,391
- Bemidji State University$65,503
- Saint Cloud State University$64,864
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$62,786
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$62,753
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$62,401
- Capella University$61,268