Master's · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $52,006
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $61,834
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,000
- 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
- −$9k 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
- −$281k (likely −$363k – −$200k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$327k (likely −$504k – −$136k)
- 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 Pennsylvania
- Eastern University$73,138
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia$71,762
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg$69,663
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$69,663
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$69,663
- Temple University$69,374
- Lebanon Valley College$68,619
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania$68,345
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania$67,090
- Holy Family University$65,976