Bachelor's · Marshall, Minnesota
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Southwest Minnesota State 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,747
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $50,719
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $70k (likely $70k – $91k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.3 years (likely 4.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$177k (likely −$270k – −$61k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$97k (likely −$270k – $126k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 48%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
- AP Psychology
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP Statistics
IB Higher Level
- Psychology HL
- Language A HL
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Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in Minnesota
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$54,799
- St Olaf College$51,909
- Bethel University$51,866
- Concordia College at Moorhead$51,840
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$50,337
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$49,685
- Metropolitan State University$48,948
- Saint Cloud State University$48,923
- St Catherine University$48,873
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