Master's · Maryville, Missouri
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Northwest Missouri State 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
- $50,476
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $51,822
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $11,317
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $12k (likely $12k – $12k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$8k 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
- −$237k (likely −$287k – −$184k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$340k (likely −$431k – −$242k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$80,800
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,690
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- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$65,692
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$63,051
- Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor's)$58,035
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$57,907
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$57,705
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$57,564
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$55,846
- Geography and Cartography (Bachelor's)$55,656
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at other schools in Missouri
- Webster University$64,217
- University of Missouri-Kansas City$63,768
- University of Central Missouri$54,305
- Lindenwood University$47,746
- Park University$47,477
- Truman State University$44,705
- William Woods University$44,069
- Missouri State University-Springfield$42,231