Master's · Gainesville, Florida
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at University of Florida worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $57,098
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,993
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,200
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $24k (likely $24k – $24k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in FL
- 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
- −$215k (likely −$280k – −$151k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$256k (likely −$386k – −$125k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University of Florida
- Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences (Master's)$207,455
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$196,541
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (First professional)$193,468
- Dentistry (First professional)$176,959
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$173,875
- Real Estate (Master's)$148,764
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$142,291
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$138,188
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Doctoral)$138,148
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$137,404
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$137,191
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First professional)$136,765
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Florida
- University of Miami$71,802
- St. Thomas University$64,254
- Florida Atlantic University$62,676
- University of South Florida$59,328
- Nova Southeastern University$57,713
- Florida International University$57,448
- University of Central Florida$56,186
- Southeastern University$54,928
- University of North Florida$54,130