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Graduate certificate · Ogden, Utah

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Weber 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
$66,741
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$69,596
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$38,480
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$41k (likely $41k – $41k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$1k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in UT
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
−$137k (likely −$254k – −$3k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$135k (likely −$376k – $134k)
Today's dollars

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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.

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