Master's · Blacksburg, Virginia
Is Curriculum and Instruction at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $59,452
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,850
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,534
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k 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
- −$239k (likely −$290k – −$182k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$279k (likely −$386k – −$164k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$154,688
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other (Master's)$148,000
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$144,103
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$130,029
- Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (Doctoral)$123,078
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$122,026
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$119,843
- Applied Mathematics (Bachelor's)$117,990
- Industrial Engineering (Master's)$117,338
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$116,641
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Master's)$115,736
- Veterinary Medicine (Doctoral)$111,973
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in Virginia
- University of Virginia-Main Campus$68,978
- George Mason University$65,713
- Regent University$60,876
- University of Richmond$59,094
- William & Mary$58,100
- Averett University$56,695
- Liberty University$54,902