Master's · Athens, Alabama
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Athens State 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $61,499
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $73,256
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,286
- 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
- $14k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.2 years (likely 3.3–10.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$39k (likely −$133k – $67k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $172k (likely −$41k – $413k)
- 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 Athens State University
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$102,639
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$91,314
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$67,349
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$63,516
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Bachelor's)$63,342
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$56,511
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$55,507
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$52,775
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$49,331
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$47,773
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$47,683
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$47,550
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in Alabama
- University of West Alabama$64,605
- Jacksonville State University$63,703
- University of South Alabama$61,561
- The University of Alabama$61,487
- Auburn University$60,666
- University of Alabama at Birmingham$59,945