Master's · Maryville, Missouri
Is Special Education and Teaching at Northwest Missouri 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
- $51,184
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,771
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $14,824
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $16k (likely $16k – $16k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MO
- 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
- −$223k (likely −$273k – −$170k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$292k (likely −$385k – −$190k)
- 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 Northwest Missouri State University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$80,800
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,690
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$77,811
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,893
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$65,692
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$63,051
- Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor's)$58,035
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$57,907
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$57,705
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$57,564
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$55,846
- Geography and Cartography (Bachelor's)$55,656
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Missouri
- Lindenwood University$55,199
- University of Missouri-St Louis$53,964
- Webster University$52,261
- University of Missouri-Columbia$51,460
- Missouri State University-Springfield$42,990
- Drury University$42,026
- Southeast Missouri State University$40,985