Master's · Norfolk, Virginia
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Old Dominion University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 12.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,761
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $70,198
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,548
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $32k (likely $32k – $32k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in VA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.4 years (likely 5.7–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$162k (likely −$248k – −$76k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$81k (likely −$267k – $121k)
- Today's dollars
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- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$96,427
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$56,901
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