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Master's · Detroit, Michigan

Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Wayne 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$70,166
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$82,084
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$39,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$41k (likely $41k – $41k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$17k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
5.3 years (likely 3.8–8.5)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$39k (likely −$126k – $45k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$206k (likely $6k – $418k)
Today's dollars

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