Master's · Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Is Social Work 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $61,483
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $73,382
- 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
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.2 years (likely 4.1–18.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$108k (likely −$184k – −$28k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $31k (likely −$146k – $215k)
- 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
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$103,765
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$94,729
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$90,067
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,009
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$87,503
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$84,470
- 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
Social Work at other schools in Minnesota
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$71,402
- Augsburg University$69,129
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$68,679
- University of St Thomas$65,240
- The College of Saint Scholastica$64,773
- Walden University$63,559
- University of Minnesota-Duluth$62,641
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$59,761
- St Catherine University$57,219