Master's · Boone, North Carolina
Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Appalachian 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,598
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,352
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $16,157
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $17k (likely $17k – $17k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.6 years (likely 3.2–14.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$88k (likely −$155k – −$18k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $21k (likely −$114k – $183k)
- 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 Appalachian State University
- Physics (Master's)$111,173
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- Computer Software and Media Applications (Graduate certificate)$104,433
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$97,670
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Master's)$96,218
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$94,138
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$93,013
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$91,173
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$87,377
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$87,041
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$85,580
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$83,033
Educational Administration and Supervision at other schools in North Carolina
- High Point University$90,962
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh$76,369
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$76,137
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke$73,686
- East Carolina University$73,367
- North Carolina Central University$72,023
- Fayetteville State University$71,181
- Gardner-Webb University$70,841
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro$70,268
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$70,227