Master's · Ypsilanti, Michigan

Is Human Resources Management and Services at Eastern Michigan University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 5.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $71,379; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $88,210; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $47,753; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $51k (likely $51k – $51k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $23k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 5.1 years (likely 3.4–8.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$3k (likely −$118k – $144k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $316k (likely $57k – $644k); Today's dollars

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