Graduate certificate · New Brunswick, New Jersey

Is Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $338,992; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $289,797; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $307k (likely $307k – $307k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $284k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NJ; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2 years (likely 1.5–2.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $2.27M (likely $1.76M – $2.92M); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $5.33M (likely $4.23M – $6.66M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.