Master's · San Francisco, California
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at University of San Francisco 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $73,328
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $76,556
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $44,446
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $47k (likely $47k – $47k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.4 years (likely 3.4–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$163k (likely −$308k – $23k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$94k (likely −$397k – $279k)
- Today's dollars
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Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in California
- California State University-Fresno$97,033
- California State University-Long Beach$91,505
- California State University-Northridge$89,925
- San Diego Christian College$88,090
- University of Massachusetts Global$84,909
- Claremont Graduate University$80,974
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- Santa Clara University$79,448
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- California State University-Fullerton$77,214