Master's · Emporia, Kansas
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Emporia State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $56,308
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $55,198
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,447
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KS
- 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
- −$295k (likely −$391k – −$189k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$435k (likely −$621k – −$229k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$78,956
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- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$68,568
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$67,263
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- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$65,259
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$65,043
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,719
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,355
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Kansas
- Ottawa University-Ottawa$67,727
- Ottawa University-Kansas City$67,727
- Ottawa University-Online$67,727
- University of Saint Mary$62,007
- University of Kansas$57,816
- MidAmerica Nazarene University$54,583