Master's · Cleveland, Ohio
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Cleveland State 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
- $54,274
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,453
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$226 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH
- 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
- −$192k (likely −$272k – −$99k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$150k (likely −$334k – $65k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Master's)$116,780
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$115,285
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- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$106,560
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$101,635
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$100,385
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Master's)$94,556
- Law (First professional)$91,229
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$89,792
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$88,732
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,595
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$87,713
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in Ohio
- Ashland University$64,231
- Miami University-Oxford$62,717
- Baldwin Wallace University$62,317
- Kent State University at Kent$62,189
- Ohio State University-Main Campus$59,711
- University of Toledo$59,624
- University of Dayton$58,975
- Wright State University-Main Campus$58,632
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus$58,174
- Bowling Green State University-Main Campus$57,103