Master's · Union, New Jersey
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Kean University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 12 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $51,386
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $76,396
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $40,875
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NJ
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12 years (likely 7.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$174k (likely −$262k – −$82k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$41k (likely −$236k – $173k)
- 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 Kean University
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$111,326
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$98,824
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$96,821
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$91,546
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$88,022
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$83,165
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$79,493
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$77,737
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$76,045
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$75,510
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications (Bachelor's)$72,483
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,446
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in New Jersey
- Montclair State University$81,192
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus$80,630
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus$80,630
- Rider University$76,780
- Georgian Court University$70,285
- New Jersey City University$69,436
- Rowan University$68,768
- Caldwell University$68,639
- Seton Hall University$67,563
- Felician University$58,571