Master's · Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Rider 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 9.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,522
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $72,463
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,215
- 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 NJ
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.7 years (likely 4.7–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$146k (likely −$236k – −$63k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$59k (likely −$259k – $130k)
- Today's dollars
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Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in New Jersey
- William Paterson University of New Jersey$74,359
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- Centenary University$72,493
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- New Jersey City University$67,341
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- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus$64,376
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus$64,376
- The College of New Jersey$63,121