Master's · Mankato, Minnesota
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Minnesota State University-Mankato worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $59,921
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $63,289
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $17,850
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $19k (likely $19k – $19k)
- 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
- −$197k (likely −$294k – −$89k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$214k (likely −$418k – $6k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Minnesota State University-Mankato
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$125,059
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- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$102,090
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$99,934
- Educational Administration and Supervision (First professional)$98,373
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$95,398
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$88,187
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,655
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,286
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$83,189
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Minnesota
- University of St Thomas$66,763
- Augsburg University$64,001
- Hamline University$63,173
- The College of Saint Scholastica$61,491
- Capella University$58,879
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$58,755
- Walden University$55,860
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$54,947
- St Catherine University$54,001