Master's · Boone, North Carolina
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $47,614
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,318
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,382
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$957 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NC
- 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
- −$201k (likely −$265k – −$135k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$175k (likely −$302k – −$19k)
- 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
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Master's)$107,500
- 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
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in North Carolina
- Salem College$61,499
- North Carolina A & T State University$59,911
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh$58,010
- Wake Forest University$57,982
- North Carolina Central University$57,412
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro$56,709
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$56,624
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke$55,200
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$54,098
- Western Carolina University$51,558