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Master's · Missoula, Montana

Is Social Work at The University of Montana 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$56,644
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$64,836
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$53,201
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$56k (likely $56k – $56k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MT
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
11.7 years (likely 6.5–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$146k (likely −$229k – −$45k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$22k (likely −$212k – $215k)
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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