Master's · West Chester, Pennsylvania
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at West Chester 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,570
- 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
- $29,378
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $31k (likely $31k – $31k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$8k 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
- −$282k (likely −$364k – −$194k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$362k (likely −$523k – −$173k)
- 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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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$147,635
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$123,422
- Public Administration (Doctoral)$109,792
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- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$79,752
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- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Undergraduate certificate)$71,023
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$70,142
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$69,380
- Psychology, General (Master's)$66,610
- Public Health (Master's)$65,118
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