Master's · Columbia, South Carolina
Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Columbia College 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
- $60,737
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,781
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,216
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $21k (likely $21k – $21k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in SC
- 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
- −$195k (likely −$258k – −$124k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$264k (likely −$393k – −$129k)
- 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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- Behavioral Sciences (Bachelor's)$39,738
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$32,207
Educational Administration and Supervision at other schools in South Carolina
- Winthrop University$77,922
- Citadel Military College of South Carolina$73,085
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$68,215
- Southern Wesleyan University$66,845
- Charleston Southern University$66,271
- Coastal Carolina University$62,607
- Anderson University$62,447
- Clemson University$57,716
- Converse University$57,212
- Strayer University-South Carolina$56,068