Master's · Jersey City, New Jersey
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at New Jersey City University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $72,208
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $72,332
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,425
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $20k (likely $20k – $20k)
- 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
- −$150k (likely −$236k – −$68k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$158k (likely −$316k – $11k)
- Today's dollars
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- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Doctoral)$103,042
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- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$83,582
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$75,994
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$74,822
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$74,452
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$71,597
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in New Jersey
- William Paterson University of New Jersey$74,359
- Rowan University$73,182
- Centenary University$72,493
- Kean University$69,959
- Rider University$67,463
- Stockton University$67,282
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick$64,968
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus$64,376
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus$64,376
- The College of New Jersey$63,121