Master's · Prescott, Arizona

Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at Prescott College worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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: $55,874; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $60,541; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $65,298; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $69k (likely $69k – $69k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: −$5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AZ; 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: −$309k (likely −$382k – −$222k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$338k (likely −$492k – −$152k); Today's dollars

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