Master's · Union, New Jersey
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at Kean 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
- $67,768
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $73,331
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $64,953
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $69k (likely $69k – $69k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NJ
- 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
- −$222k (likely −$290k – −$156k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$158k (likely −$298k – −$11k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 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 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
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in New Jersey
- William Paterson University of New Jersey$74,275
- Monmouth University$67,853
- Montclair State University$66,833
- Rider University$66,766
- Saint Peter's University$66,181
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick$65,081
- New Jersey City University$64,068
- Seton Hall University$63,471
- The College of New Jersey$63,083
- Rowan University$56,644