Graduate certificate · Cheney, Washington

Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Eastern Washington 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 0.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $109,805; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; 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: $47k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 0.9 years (likely 0.6–1.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $367k (likely $206k – $564k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $875k (likely $536k – $1.30M); Today's dollars

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