Master's · Boston, Massachusetts
Is Special Education and Teaching at Cambridge College 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
- $54,827
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $52,445
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $17,045
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $18k (likely $18k – $18k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$20k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 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
- −$382k (likely −$447k – −$322k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$621k (likely −$728k – −$504k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Cambridge College
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$85,569
- Education, General (Master's)$82,941
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$72,937
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Graduate certificate)$70,134
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$66,861
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$66,360
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$64,329
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$63,194
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$60,011
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$56,332
- Human Services, General (Bachelor's)$55,038
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$45,019
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Massachusetts
- Boston College$71,459
- University of Massachusetts-Boston$70,150
- Simmons University$69,110
- College of Our Lady of the Elms$68,582
- Lesley University$68,384
- American International College$67,742
- Boston University$66,364
- Gordon College$65,823
- Regis College$65,421
- Fitchburg State University$64,927