Master's · University Center, Michigan
Is Social Work 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
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,985
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $69,164
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $34,255
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $36k (likely $36k – $36k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.9 years (likely 6.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$155k (likely −$227k – −$77k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$62k (likely −$229k – $131k)
- 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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