Master's · New York, New York
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Teachers College at Columbia University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 7.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $79,746
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $82,370
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $54,124
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $57k (likely $57k – $57k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $14k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.1 years (likely 5.3–11.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$104k (likely −$163k – −$54k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $31k (likely −$82k – $123k)
- Today's dollars
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Other majors at Teachers College at Columbia University
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Doctoral)$108,383
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$94,693
- Sociology (Master's)$93,752
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$91,522
- Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral)$91,322
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$90,375
- Public Policy Analysis (Master's)$87,221
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$86,945
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$85,922
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$79,054
- International and Comparative Education (Master's)$78,135
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (Master's)$78,032
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in New York
- College of Staten Island CUNY$89,748
- CUNY Brooklyn College$88,100
- CUNY Queens College$87,964
- CUNY Lehman College$87,910
- Touro University$86,765
- CUNY City College$86,151
- Adelphi University$85,752
- St. John's University-New York$85,346
- Bank Street College of Education$85,259
- Fordham University$84,957