Master's · Allendale, Michigan
Is Accounting and Related Services at Grand Valley State 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $77,327
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $96,988
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,595
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $28k (likely $28k – $28k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $31k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.7 years (likely 1.9–3.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $119k (likely $8k – $244k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $533k (likely $273k – $841k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Grand Valley State University
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$128,108
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$122,497
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First professional)$112,011
- Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (Master's)$108,615
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$103,253
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$100,456
- Manufacturing Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,416
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$94,330
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$93,683
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,565
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$82,978
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$81,420
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in Michigan
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$109,566
- Michigan State University$105,724
- Wayne State University$97,023
- Oakland University$96,676
- Adrian College$85,927
- Eastern Michigan University$85,647
- Walsh College$84,033
- Davenport University$82,966
- Western Michigan University$82,190
- University of Michigan-Dearborn$70,549