Master's · Cleveland, Ohio

Is Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities at Case Western Reserve 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 7.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $60,735; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $77,281; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $50,625; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $54k (likely $54k – $54k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $14k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 7.9 years (likely 4.7–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$99k (likely −$214k – $40k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $123k (likely −$143k – $412k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.