Bachelor's · Chadron, Nebraska
Is Psychology, General at Chadron State College 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 16.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $43,952
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,875
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $54k (likely $54k – $70k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NE
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 16.6 years (likely 6.1–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$204k (likely −$286k – −$104k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$150k (likely −$301k – $49k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 48%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$89,908
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$69,151
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$65,644
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General (Bachelor's)$64,738
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$62,032
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$61,076
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$59,638
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$58,263
- Plant Sciences (Bachelor's)$53,484
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$50,643
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$46,781
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$46,495
Psychology, General at other schools in Nebraska
- Bellevue University$56,540
- University of Nebraska at Omaha$50,826
- University of Nebraska at Kearney$50,360
- Nebraska Wesleyan University$50,320
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln$49,965
- Concordia University-Nebraska$47,074
- Doane University$46,347
- Peru State College$45,096
- Hastings College$35,848