Master's · Aliso Viejo, California
Is Special Education and Teaching at University of Massachusetts Global worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 5.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $78,719
- 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
- $35,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $38k (likely $38k – $38k)
- 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
- 5.4 years (likely 2.8–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$81k (likely −$188k – $49k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $64k (likely −$169k – $337k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Education, General (Master's)$91,710
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$88,158
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$84,909
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$83,778
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$81,233
- Public Administration (Master's)$77,787
- Criminology (Bachelor's)$75,745
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in California
- California State University-Los Angeles$104,208
- California State University-Fullerton$95,677
- California State University-Dominguez Hills$95,089
- Notre Dame de Namur University$94,588
- California State University-Long Beach$91,444
- University of San Francisco$89,791
- Point Loma Nazarene University$86,603
- National University$85,908
- California State University-Northridge$85,826
- Loyola Marymount University$85,524