Master's · Alcorn State, Mississippi
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Alcorn State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $43,778
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $51,542
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $61,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $65k (likely $65k – $65k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MS
- 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
- −$249k (likely −$327k – −$166k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$231k (likely −$387k – −$36k)
- Today's dollars
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- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$35,015
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Mississippi
- Delta State University$48,099
- Jackson State University$46,522
- Mississippi State University$46,167
- William Carey University$45,151
- University of Southern Mississippi$45,037
- Mississippi Christian University$44,867