Master's · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at Duquesne 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
- $52,650
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,076
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $75,809
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $80k (likely $80k – $80k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$9k 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
- −$382k (likely −$464k – −$301k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$426k (likely −$606k – −$239k)
- 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 Duquesne University
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$131,534
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$121,848
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$118,232
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$109,445
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$105,387
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$105,299
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$95,128
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$92,789
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$92,606
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$91,105
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,272
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$86,356
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania$85,142
- Widener University$65,872
- Alvernia University$59,542
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine$57,710
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania$57,554
- Carlow University$57,187
- Drexel University$57,006
- La Salle University$56,667
- Thomas Jefferson University$54,574
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$52,950