Master's · Livingston, Alabama
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at University of West Alabama worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 7.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $66,850
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,402
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $37,264
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $40k (likely $40k – $40k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.3 years (likely 4.8–14.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$99k (likely −$148k – −$50k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$21k (likely −$118k – $76k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- 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 University of West Alabama
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$77,039
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$73,704
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$68,664
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$64,605
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$60,086
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$59,972
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$59,095
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$58,218
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$53,696
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$41,440
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$40,931
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$40,455
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in Alabama
- University of Alabama at Birmingham$56,116
- Jacksonville State University$55,717
- University of Montevallo$51,775
- Auburn University$51,504
- University of South Alabama$50,771
- Auburn University at Montgomery$46,391