Master's · Indianapolis, Indiana

Is Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences at Indiana University-Indianapolis worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $264,001; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $271,483; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $195,729; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $208k (likely $208k – $208k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $205k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IN; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.8 years (likely 1.4–2.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $1.56M (likely $1.19M – $2.03M); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $3.65M (likely $2.91M – $4.62M); Today's dollars

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