Master's · Rock Hill, South Carolina
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Winthrop University 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
- $49,746
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $51,177
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $31,414
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k 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
- −$240k (likely −$308k – −$169k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$318k (likely −$452k – −$175k)
- 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 Winthrop University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$86,305
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$77,922
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$67,214
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$61,987
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$60,324
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (Graduate certificate)$58,661
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services (Master's)$58,369
- Social Work (Master's)$56,287
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$54,559
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$54,406
- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$54,194
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$53,190
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in South Carolina
- Citadel Military College of South Carolina$57,004
- Southern Wesleyan University$55,963
- Coker University$54,852
- College of Charleston$53,477
- Lander University$53,004
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$51,397
- Coastal Carolina University$50,580
- University of South Carolina-Upstate$49,849
- South Carolina State University$48,515
- Clemson University$47,818