Master's · Cookeville, Tennessee
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at Tennessee Technological 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
- $50,505
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $56,158
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $39,299
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $42k (likely $42k – $42k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k 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
- −$226k (likely −$306k – −$137k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$217k (likely −$387k – −$22k)
- 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 Tennessee Technological University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$108,522
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$98,978
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$96,302
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$94,179
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$91,580
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$90,521
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$84,267
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$78,646
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (Bachelor's)$77,658
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$71,762
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$67,411
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$66,535
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
- Middle Tennessee State University$53,134
- 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