Master's · Jefferson City, Tennessee
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Carson-Newman 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
- $55,254
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $57,593
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,767
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $28k (likely $28k – $28k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$972 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out 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
- −$191k (likely −$244k – −$125k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$211k (likely −$314k – −$80k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Carson-Newman University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$108,765
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$86,617
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$76,497
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$70,769
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$67,411
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$64,634
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$64,503
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$57,413
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$53,243
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$51,940
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$51,874
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$50,737
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Tennessee
- Lipscomb University$65,590
- Vanderbilt University$57,106
- Trevecca Nazarene University$55,646
- Belmont University$55,537
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga$54,877
- Lee University$52,116
- East Tennessee State University$51,479
- The University of Tennessee-Martin$50,046
- Johnson University$47,020