Master's · Lebanon, Tennessee
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Cumberland 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
- $54,201
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,181
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,420
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $26k (likely $26k – $26k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$335 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
- −$171k (likely −$259k – −$73k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$162k (likely −$339k – $52k)
- 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 Cumberland University
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Master's)$87,190
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$80,635
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$78,954
- Public Administration (Master's)$60,726
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,477
- Education, General (Master's)$55,122
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$51,366
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$51,032
- Business/Commerce, General (Associate's)$45,653
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$43,537
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$43,271
- Fine and Studio Arts (Associate's)$42,827
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in Tennessee
- Lipscomb University$61,534
- Austin Peay State University$56,278
- Lee University$54,167
- Vanderbilt University$54,162
- Carson-Newman University$53,243
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$51,494