Master's · Athens, Ohio
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Ohio University-Main Campus worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $51,561
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $61,120
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$2k 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
- −$195k (likely −$249k – −$144k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$170k (likely −$288k – −$40k)
- 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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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
- Cleveland State University$58,143