Doctoral · Murray, Kentucky
Is Educational Administration and Supervision at Murray 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
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $94,823
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $78,571
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $55,009
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $58k (likely $58k – $58k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $22k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.2 years (likely 2.4–9.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$187k (likely −$328k – −$29k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$1k (likely −$252k – $301k)
- 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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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$189,508
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Master's)$107,129
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$96,691
- Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$87,573
- Engineering Physics (Bachelor's)$86,713
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$84,705
- English Language and Literature, General (Doctoral)$78,226
- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$76,967
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$72,462
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$67,173
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$64,384
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$64,269
Educational Administration and Supervision at other schools in Kentucky
- University of Louisville$103,501
- University of the Cumberlands$92,853
- Northern Kentucky University$88,698
- Morehead State University$88,148
- Spalding University$85,744
- Western Kentucky University$81,091
- Bellarmine University$67,295