Master's · Moraga, California

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Saint Mary's College of California worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 6.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$67,518
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$78,726
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$29,318
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$31k (likely $31k – $31k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
6.7 years (likely 3.4–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$101k (likely −$218k – $30k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$63k (likely −$192k – $373k)
Today's dollars

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