Bachelor's · Parkville, Missouri
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Park 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 10.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,731
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,899
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,091
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $81k (likely $81k – $107k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.8 years (likely 7.2–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$171k (likely −$248k – −$97k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$25k (likely −$166k – $137k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 36%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$87,051
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$85,568
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$85,162
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$85,049
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$82,973
- Public Administration (Master's)$80,800
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$78,561
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's)$75,902
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$71,051
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$69,415
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$68,135
- Geography and Cartography (Bachelor's)$65,890
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Missouri
- University of Missouri-Columbia$44,681
- Northwest Missouri State University$42,508
- Lindenwood University$41,633
- University of Missouri-Kansas City$41,228
- Culver-Stockton College$39,912
- Missouri Southern State University$39,419
- Maryville University of Saint Louis$39,331
- Missouri Western State University$39,163
- University of Missouri-St Louis$38,980
- Avila University$38,861