Doctoral · Kalamazoo, Michigan

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at Western Michigan University worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 6.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $83,718; 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: $84,381; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $89k (likely $89k – $89k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $23k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6.8 years (likely 4.2–19.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$267k (likely −$432k – −$100k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$18k (likely −$352k – $317k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.