Master's · Pembroke, North Carolina
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at University of North Carolina at Pembroke 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
- $53,604
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $56,501
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $33,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $35k (likely $35k – $35k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k 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
- −$231k (likely −$306k – −$149k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$271k (likely −$416k – −$100k)
- Today's dollars
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Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in North Carolina
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh$66,145
- Queens University of Charlotte$63,561
- East Carolina University$60,729
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- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$55,194
- Appalachian State University$50,822