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Master's · Charlottesville, Virginia

Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at University of Virginia-Main Campus 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$56,521
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$81,123
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$22,002
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$23k (likely $23k – $23k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$13k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in VA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
6.1 years (likely 3.8–12.9)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$75k (likely −$170k – $43k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$134k (likely −$95k – $398k)
Today's dollars

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