Master's · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Point Park University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $50,544
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $42,784
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $45k (likely $45k – $45k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$18k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 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
- −$412k (likely −$501k – −$305k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$601k (likely −$786k – −$377k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Point Park University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$91,649
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$90,722
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$89,825
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$88,525
- Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations (Master's)$86,554
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Undergraduate certificate)$83,862
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$74,639
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$67,919
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$55,545
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$54,901
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$53,332
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Bachelor's)$49,951
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania$72,741
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg$69,658
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$69,658
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$69,658
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania$67,963
- Lincoln University$66,552
- Villanova University$65,719
- Wilkes University$65,331
- Temple University$63,516
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$62,842