Master's · Harrisonburg, Virginia
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at James Madison 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
- $52,875
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,544
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,092
- 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
- −$5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in VA
- 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
- −$236k (likely −$320k – −$133k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$242k (likely −$427k – −$8k)
- 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 James Madison University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$150,316
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$138,766
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$113,345
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$111,224
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$106,786
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$104,926
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$104,806
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$98,767
- Engineering, General (Bachelor's)$91,761
- International Business (Bachelor's)$91,141
- Systems Science and Theory (Bachelor's)$91,034
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$89,944
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in Virginia
- Virginia State University$66,322
- George Mason University$63,423
- University of Virginia-Main Campus$60,095
- Virginia Commonwealth University$58,540
- Old Dominion University$58,539
- William & Mary$56,870
- Liberty University$56,174
- Regent University$55,572
- Radford University$54,651
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$46,870