Master's · Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $60,548
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,791
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,600
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $23k (likely $23k – $23k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$12k 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
- −$317k (likely −$377k – −$260k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$484k (likely −$584k – −$372k)
- Today's dollars
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- Eastern University$73,138
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- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg$69,663
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$69,663
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$69,663
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