Master's · Abilene, Texas
Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at Hardin-Simmons University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $41,804
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $59,103
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $63k (likely $63k – $63k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$19k 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
- −$439k (likely −$524k – −$337k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$640k (likely −$815k – −$436k)
- 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 Hardin-Simmons University
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$104,729
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$90,276
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$83,820
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$72,425
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Master's)$65,147
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$63,632
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$61,686
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$57,167
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$52,005
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$51,722
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$50,560
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$49,389
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