Master's · Seward, Nebraska
Is Curriculum and Instruction at Concordia University-Nebraska 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
- $67,222
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,938
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,466
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $25k (likely $25k – $25k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NE
- 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
- −$145k (likely −$188k – −$118k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$149k (likely −$203k – −$101k)
- 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 Concordia University-Nebraska
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$75,289
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$74,896
- Public Health (Master's)$73,297
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$70,432
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$60,031
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$59,994
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Bachelor's)$58,162
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Graduate certificate)$58,159
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$56,495
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$56,149
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$56,011
- Religious Education (Bachelor's)$55,729
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- Chadron State College$65,644
- Wayne State College$64,269
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- Peru State College$57,249
- Nebraska Wesleyan University$55,781
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln$53,319