Master's · Moorhead, Minnesota
Is Special Education and Teaching at Minnesota State University Moorhead worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 13.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,129
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,404
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- 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
- 13.3 years (likely 5.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$163k (likely −$235k – −$81k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$92k (likely −$256k – $93k)
- 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 Moorhead
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$101,989
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$98,526
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$94,536
- Educational Administration and Supervision (First professional)$93,709
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$93,431
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$86,563
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$76,476
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$76,259
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$74,016
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Undergraduate certificate)$72,369
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$72,151
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Graduate certificate)$68,020
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
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$63,279
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$62,786
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$62,401
- Capella University$61,268