Master's · San Diego, California
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Northcentral University 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
- $53,152
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $55,943
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $34,172
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $36k (likely $36k – $36k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$13k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 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
- −$343k (likely −$410k – −$278k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$483k (likely −$617k – −$348k)
- 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 Northcentral University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$105,744
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$93,408
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$91,608
- Psychology, General (Doctoral)$85,657
- Education, General (Doctoral)$80,493
- Psychology, General (Graduate certificate)$77,318
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$73,426
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Doctoral)$70,989
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$66,156
- Public Administration (Master's)$66,025
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$62,023
- Education, General (Graduate certificate)$61,131
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in California
- Chapman University$107,808
- California State University-Long Beach$100,315
- Loyola Marymount University$100,264
- University of Massachusetts Global$99,745
- San Francisco State University$96,854
- Fresno Pacific University$96,593
- University of Southern California$96,014
- Golden Gate University$95,577
- Touro University Worldwide$89,314
- University of San Francisco$88,276