Master's · Saint Charles, Missouri
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Lindenwood University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,475
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $50,436
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $39,492
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $42k (likely $42k – $42k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$303k (likely −$358k – −$239k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$427k (likely −$526k – −$301k)
- 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 Lindenwood University
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$128,910
- Computer Systems Analysis (Bachelor's)$98,053
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$97,217
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$93,500
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$89,675
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$86,526
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$85,320
- Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral)$83,439
- Public Administration (Master's)$73,408
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$73,376
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$71,184
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$69,956
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Missouri
- University of Missouri-St Louis$54,852
- Southeast Missouri State University$47,332
- Webster University$46,835
- University of Central Missouri$45,860
- Missouri Baptist University$45,423
- Missouri State University-Springfield$44,969
- Truman State University$44,010
- Evangel University$42,234