Bachelor's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at University of Pennsylvania worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $75,246; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $82,057; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $13,021; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $125k (likely $125k – $125k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $43k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 4.1 years (likely 3.1–5.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $112k (likely −$5k – $240k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $603k (likely $356k – $872k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 97%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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