Master's · Cincinnati, Ohio
Is Special Education and Teaching at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $58,296
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $60,323
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH
- 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
- −$218k (likely −$327k – −$83k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$259k (likely −$471k – $23k)
- 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 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$199,296
- Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies (Master's)$181,189
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$134,906
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$130,265
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Graduate certificate)$128,021
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$126,287
- Economics (Master's)$121,786
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$121,485
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$114,994
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$112,569
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Master's)$105,309
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Master's)$105,027
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Ohio
- Ashland University$62,347
- University of Toledo$59,246
- Baldwin Wallace University$59,151
- Miami University-Oxford$58,745
- Xavier University$58,429
- University of Dayton$55,911
- Cleveland State University$54,537
- Kent State University at Kent$54,383
- Youngstown State University$50,568
- Wright State University-Main Campus$50,431