Graduate certificate · Saint Louis, Missouri

Is Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations at Webster 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $101,145; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $114,477; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $56,194; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $60k (likely $60k – $60k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $54k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MO; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.3 years (likely 1.7–3.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $383k (likely $244k – $536k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.06M (likely $728k – $1.41M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.