Master's · Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Saint Cloud State University 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $64,147
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $81,239
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $35,258
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $37k (likely $37k – $37k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $15k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.1 years (likely 4.0–10.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$63k (likely −$154k – $34k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $161k (likely −$43k – $388k)
- 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 Saint Cloud State University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$141,749
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$123,714
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$107,133
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- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$94,729
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$90,067
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- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$87,503
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- Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies (Master's)$82,829
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$80,331
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$79,831
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Minnesota
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$99,934
- University of St Thomas$68,816
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$66,988
- Capella University$66,014
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$64,118
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$63,013
- Adler Graduate School$62,056
- Walden University$56,934
- Crown College$53,778
- Bethel University$52,936