Master's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Temple University 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
- $60,209
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,224
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $29,647
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $31k (likely $31k – $31k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k 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
- −$228k (likely −$295k – −$158k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$199k (likely −$351k – −$38k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Temple University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$214,825
- Dentistry (First professional)$183,560
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$155,271
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Master's)$149,741
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$134,752
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$128,874
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$128,438
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Master's)$118,378
- Law (First professional)$117,775
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Master's)$117,753
- Medicine (First professional)$113,007
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$110,473
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
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$62,842
- Chestnut Hill College$62,814