Master's · Aurora, Illinois
Is Curriculum and Instruction at Aurora 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $68,866
- 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
- $21,800
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $23k (likely $23k – $23k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.3 years (likely 2.8–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$110k (likely −$197k – −$13k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$35k (likely −$220k – $172k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Aurora University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$136,318
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$90,089
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$84,022
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$83,746
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$81,740
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$77,436
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$76,260
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$74,820
- Social Work (Doctoral)$74,621
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$73,726
- Public Administration (Master's)$69,823
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$67,283
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in Illinois
- University of St Francis$73,452
- McKendree University$71,192
- National Louis University$70,926
- Northern Illinois University$70,651
- Olivet Nazarene University$69,690
- Lewis University$68,917
- Concordia University-Chicago$68,826
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$65,524
- Illinois State University$61,775
- Eastern Illinois University$54,265