Master's · San Diego, California
Is Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies at Northcentral University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $60,730
- 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
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k 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
- −$277k (likely −$425k – −$115k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$341k (likely −$629k – $4k)
- 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
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies at other schools in California
- University of San Diego$148,235
- Loyola Marymount University$140,519
- University of San Francisco$136,623
- Golden Gate University$131,366
- University of California-Los Angeles$112,923
- University of the Pacific$87,881
- University of Southern California$84,932
- Pepperdine University$73,551