First professional · Thomasville, Georgia

Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Thomas University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 2.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $80,589; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $85,013; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $34,166; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $36k (likely $36k – $36k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $24k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.8 years (likely 2.1–4.0); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$83k (likely −$180k – $4k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $172k (likely $8k – $339k); Today's dollars

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