Master's · Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Is Special Education and Teaching at William Carey 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

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $45,457; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $58,211; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $30,875; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $33k (likely $33k – $33k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MS; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 11.8 years (likely 5.1–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$135k (likely −$233k – −$19k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$37k (likely −$258k – $232k); Today's dollars
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in: not reported / ≤ 20%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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