Master's · University Center, Michigan
Is Public Health at Saginaw 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $61,227
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$1k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 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
- −$226k (likely −$312k – −$129k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$236k (likely −$418k – −$29k)
- 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 (Master's)$113,545
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$90,681
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,482
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$82,773
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$78,259
- Computer Systems Analysis (Bachelor's)$72,888
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,171
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$70,336
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Bachelor's)$70,081
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$69,953
Public Health at other schools in Michigan
- Concordia University Ann Arbor$94,236
- Wayne State University$84,780
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$83,782
- Michigan State University$81,743
- University of Detroit Mercy$73,805
- Oakland University$68,517
- Grand Valley State University$66,677
- Central Michigan University$61,331
- University of Michigan-Flint$61,233
- Western Michigan University$59,783