Master's · Mankato, Minnesota
Is Social Work at Minnesota State University-Mankato 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 6.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $66,518
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $76,694
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,920
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $31k (likely $31k – $31k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.1 years (likely 3.3–19.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$79k (likely −$187k – $39k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $106k (likely −$141k – $371k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Minnesota State University-Mankato
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$137,368
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$125,059
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$114,811
- Air Transportation (Bachelor's)$103,858
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$102,090
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$99,934
- Educational Administration and Supervision (First professional)$98,373
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$95,398
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$88,187
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,655
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,286
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$83,189
Social Work at other schools in Minnesota
- Augsburg University$69,129
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$68,679
- Saint Cloud State University$68,318
- University of St Thomas$65,240
- The College of Saint Scholastica$64,773
- Walden University$63,559
- University of Minnesota-Duluth$62,641
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$59,761
- St Catherine University$57,219