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Master's · Kalamazoo, Michigan

Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at Western Michigan University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 19.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$58,703
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$66,180
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$48,179
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
$2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
19.5 years (likely 11.8–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$208k (likely −$264k – −$158k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$136k (likely −$271k – −$10k)
Today's dollars

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