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Master's · San Marcos, Texas

Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Texas State University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

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

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 12 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$60,822
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$68,487
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$41,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$43k (likely $43k – $43k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
12 years (likely 7.1–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$153k (likely −$215k – −$83k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$46k (likely −$193k – $122k)
Today's dollars

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