Master's · Danbury, Connecticut
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Western Connecticut State University 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,209
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $80,326
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,136
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $32k (likely $32k – $32k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.7 years (likely 6.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$173k (likely −$258k – −$78k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$53k (likely −$251k – $164k)
- 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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Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Connecticut
- University of New Haven$83,738
- Fairfield University$76,998
- University of Saint Joseph$74,573
- Southern Connecticut State University$61,570
- Central Connecticut State University$61,035
- University of Connecticut$60,973
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$60,973
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$60,973
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$60,973
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$60,973