Master's · Marshall, Minnesota
Is Education, General at Southwest Minnesota State University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $65,498
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $65,385
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,198
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $21k (likely $21k – $21k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$432 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
- −$188k (likely −$240k – −$136k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$231k (likely −$314k – −$137k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 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 Southwest Minnesota State University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$91,237
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$83,735
- Educational Administration and Supervision (First professional)$81,617
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$68,009
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$67,751
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$64,654
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$59,824
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$58,574
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$55,559
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$54,554
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$47,249
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$47,219
Education, General at other schools in Minnesota
- Hamline University$72,271
- Capella University$71,396
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$65,106
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$64,965
- Walden University$64,694
- Bemidji State University$62,172
- Bethel University$59,738
- University of Minnesota-Duluth$58,849
- Winona State University$56,901
- St Catherine University$56,211