Master's · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Is Social Work at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 11.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,731
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $73,770
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $53,578
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $57k (likely $57k – $57k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $8k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.4 years (likely 8.3–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$161k (likely −$221k – −$107k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$16k (likely −$165k – $129k)
- 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 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Dentistry (First professional)$185,225
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- Medicine (First professional)$141,568
- Engineering, Other (Master's)$141,008
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$128,612
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- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$123,369
Social Work at other schools in Minnesota
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$71,402
- Augsburg University$69,129
- Saint Cloud State University$68,318
- 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