Master's · Macomb, Illinois
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Western 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
- $59,240
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,066
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $29,895
- 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
- −$6k 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
- −$263k (likely −$343k – −$167k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$362k (likely −$519k – −$175k)
- 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 Western Illinois University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$159,820
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$92,824
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$87,182
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$86,694
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$85,974
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$85,383
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$85,221
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$80,011
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$78,861
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (Bachelor's)$75,922
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$71,059
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$70,157
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Illinois
- Dominican University$72,425
- Erikson Institute$69,802
- University of Chicago$69,033
- Roosevelt University$67,560
- Aurora University$67,283
- University of Illinois Chicago$63,998
- DePaul University$63,616
- Northeastern Illinois University$63,215
- Concordia University-Chicago$62,613
- National Louis University$62,529