Master's · Kirksville, Missouri
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Truman State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $44,314
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $47,272
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,344
- 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
- −$13k 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
- −$296k (likely −$366k – −$218k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$424k (likely −$566k – −$265k)
- 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 Truman State University
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$106,203
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$91,303
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$84,515
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$77,315
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$70,633
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$61,647
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$60,586
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$60,478
- Public Health (Bachelor's)$60,157
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$56,596
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$55,213
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$52,584
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Missouri
- University of Missouri-St Louis$54,852
- Southeast Missouri State University$47,332
- Lindenwood University$46,956
- Webster University$46,835
- University of Central Missouri$45,860
- Missouri Baptist University$45,423
- Missouri State University-Springfield$44,969
- Evangel University$42,234