Master's · Reading, Pennsylvania

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at Alvernia 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 13.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $69,745; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $78,375; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $71,079; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $75k (likely $75k – $75k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 13.7 years (likely 8.6–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$202k (likely −$276k – −$120k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$63k (likely −$235k – $137k); Today's dollars

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