Master's · Abilene, Texas
Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at Abilene Christian 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
- $45,179
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,514
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $64,917
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $69k (likely $69k – $69k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 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
- −$303k (likely −$378k – −$224k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$300k (likely −$459k – −$109k)
- 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 Abilene Christian University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$118,601
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$105,173
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$99,319
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$93,032
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$92,489
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$91,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$89,079
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Master's)$84,172
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$83,525
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$78,976
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Bachelor's)$70,864
- Engineering, General (Bachelor's)$65,722
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at other schools in Texas
- Baylor College of Medicine$84,758
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$80,384
- St. Mary's University$72,775
- Texas Woman's University$63,502
- Southern Methodist University$62,718
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$60,870
- Texas A&M University-Central Texas$60,366
- Lamar University$60,234
- Houston Christian University$58,322
- The University of Texas at El Paso$57,668