Bachelor's · Jefferson City, Tennessee
Is Psychology, General at Carson-Newman University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $34,655
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $40,808
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,324
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $77k (likely $77k – $83k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 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
- −$221k (likely −$289k – −$137k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$154k (likely −$294k – $28k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$51,874
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- Vanderbilt University$71,584
- The University of the South$58,715
- Fisk University$57,147
- Belmont University$52,172
- Christian Brothers University$50,180
- Trevecca Nazarene University$49,989
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$49,003
- Lipscomb University$47,933
- Bryan College-Dayton$47,549
- Milligan University$46,990