Bachelor's · Jackson, Mississippi
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Jackson 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
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,792
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $60,953
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,920
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $145k (likely $145k – $193k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $27k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MS
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8 years (likely 6.2–10.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$73k (likely −$169k – $16k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $257k (likely $93k – $451k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 43%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$90,577
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- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$78,824
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$76,656
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$70,684
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$60,039
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$59,996
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$59,254
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$58,096
- Public Health (Master's)$57,970
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$52,107
- Education, General (Graduate certificate)$51,856
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- Mississippi Christian University$42,673
- University of Mississippi$42,535
- William Carey University$42,389
- Delta State University$41,177
- University of Southern Mississippi$40,932
- Mississippi State University$40,431
- Mississippi University for Women$40,196
- Blue Mountain Christian University$39,440
- Rust College$35,634
- Mississippi Valley State University$34,852