Master's · Raleigh, North Carolina
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at North Carolina State University at Raleigh worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $53,056
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $55,209
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $31,824
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $34k (likely $34k – $34k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$5k 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
- −$242k (likely −$291k – −$194k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$308k (likely −$399k – −$214k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Computer Science (Master's)$164,757
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$159,290
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Master's)$148,845
- Engineering, General (Master's)$145,889
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$141,131
- Statistics (Master's)$137,104
- Chemical Engineering (Master's)$131,873
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$131,229
- Marketing (Graduate certificate)$131,083
- Marketing (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$131,018
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate certificate)$130,140
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$127,702
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in North Carolina
- North Carolina A & T State University$60,926
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$58,809
- North Carolina Central University$56,120
- Duke University$55,809
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$54,867
- University of Mount Olive$54,789
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro$52,768
- Elizabeth City State University$50,899
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke$50,464
- East Carolina University$50,388