Master's · Glenside, Pennsylvania
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Arcadia 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
- $60,072
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,775
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,587
- 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
- −$4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 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
- −$243k (likely −$340k – −$135k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$237k (likely −$448k – $6k)
- Today's dollars
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Other majors at Arcadia University
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$132,612
- Public Health (Master's)$116,631
- International Business (Master's)$95,337
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$88,514
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$86,116
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$84,021
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$73,901
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$73,377
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$69,227
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$68,618
- Security Science and Technology (Master's)$67,378
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$66,995
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania$72,741
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg$69,658
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$69,658
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$69,658
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania$67,963
- Lincoln University$66,552
- Villanova University$65,719
- Wilkes University$65,331
- Temple University$63,516
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$62,842