Master's · Clinton, Mississippi
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Mississippi Christian 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
- $49,665
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,193
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,318
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $32k (likely $32k – $32k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MS
- 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
- −$230k (likely −$286k – −$167k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$319k (likely −$429k – −$194k)
- 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 Mississippi Christian University
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$132,386
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$81,963
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$81,708
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$81,632
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$77,374
- Public Health (Master's)$77,137
- Law (First professional)$70,352
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$63,885
- Biology, General (Master's)$60,416
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$57,337
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$56,778
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$55,832
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Mississippi
- Delta State University$48,099
- Alcorn State University$47,985
- Jackson State University$46,522
- Mississippi State University$46,167
- William Carey University$45,151
- University of Southern Mississippi$45,037