Master's · Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at Middle Tennessee State 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
- $52,868
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $57,072
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $46,125
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $49k (likely $49k – $49k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$2k 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
- −$228k (likely −$318k – −$127k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$237k (likely −$413k – −$14k)
- 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 Middle Tennessee State University
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$109,171
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$108,477
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$99,846
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$98,967
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$96,485
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$93,230
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,533
- Engineering-Related Fields (Bachelor's)$83,405
- Psychology, General (Master's)$81,371
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (Bachelor's)$80,541
- Air Transportation (Bachelor's)$80,424
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other (Master's)$77,013
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in Tennessee
- The University of Tennessee-Martin$59,759
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$56,750
- Vanderbilt University$55,941
- Tennessee Technological University$52,283
- East Tennessee State University$52,231
- Carson-Newman University$51,874
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga$51,777
- University of Memphis$51,734
- Lincoln Memorial University$49,896