Master's · Forest Grove, Oregon

Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Pacific 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 8.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $66,480; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $87,226; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $97,036; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $103k (likely $103k – $103k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $24k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OR; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 8.4 years (likely 6.5–11.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$88k (likely −$175k – $2k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $240k (likely $45k – $452k); Today's dollars

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