Master's · Chicago, Illinois
Is Social Work at Northeastern Illinois University 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
- $58,091
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,085
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$1k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL
- 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
- −$191k (likely −$255k – −$121k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$170k (likely −$312k – −$21k)
- 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 Northeastern Illinois University
- Computer Science (Master's)$121,596
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$92,370
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$88,917
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$87,843
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$85,319
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$71,330
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$69,529
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$69,226
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$69,011
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$68,328
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$66,269
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$65,769
Social Work at other schools in Illinois
- University of Chicago$71,980
- Erikson Institute$66,121
- University of Illinois Chicago$65,915
- Chicago State University$65,619
- Loyola University Chicago$65,097
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$64,120
- Dominican University$63,207
- Governors State University$62,482
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville$62,412
- Chamberlain University-Illinois$62,256