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Master's · Vermillion, South Dakota

Is Educational Administration and Supervision at University of South Dakota worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$68,261
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$77,371
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$20,118
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$21k (likely $21k – $21k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$14k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in SD
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.7 years (likely 2.3–7.0)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$24k (likely −$105k – $59k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$191k (likely $6k – $393k)
Today's dollars

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