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Doctoral · Johnson City, Tennessee

Is Educational Administration and Supervision at East Tennessee State University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$92,677
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$92,326
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$49,843
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$53k (likely $53k – $53k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$33k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TN
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
2.6 years (likely 1.8–4.2)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$71k (likely −$213k – $73k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$228k (likely −$25k – $507k)
Today's dollars

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