Master's · Newport News, Virginia
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Christopher Newport University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $61,079
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $61,140
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in VA
- 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
- −$243k (likely −$308k – −$182k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$339k (likely −$457k – −$220k)
- 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 Christopher Newport University
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$101,900
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$88,842
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$81,840
- Economics (Bachelor's)$75,365
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$75,144
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$66,171
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$65,241
- Music (Bachelor's)$63,852
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$62,828
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$57,254
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$55,657
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$55,379
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Virginia
- Marymount University$62,324
- Norfolk State University$59,973
- University of Virginia-Main Campus$59,940
- Old Dominion University$58,916
- University of Mary Washington$57,480
- Mary Baldwin University$52,656
- Liberty University$52,482
- Hollins University$50,137