Master's · Crete, Nebraska
Is Curriculum and Instruction at Doane University 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
- $56,819
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $61,670
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $14,629
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $16k (likely $16k – $16k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$2k 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
- −$180k (likely −$230k – −$131k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$179k (likely −$282k – −$74k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- 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 Doane University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$90,139
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$75,307
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$74,075
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Master's)$71,589
- Engineering, General (Bachelor's)$71,458
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$65,602
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$63,983
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$59,814
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$59,689
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$54,733
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$54,611
- History (Bachelor's)$54,475
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in Nebraska
- Chadron State College$65,644
- Wayne State College$64,269
- Concordia University-Nebraska$62,319
- University of Nebraska at Kearney$60,090
- Peru State College$57,249
- Nebraska Wesleyan University$55,781
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln$53,319