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Master's · Seattle, Washington

Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Seattle Pacific 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

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$75,510
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$106,555
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$41,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$43k (likely $43k – $43k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$38k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.6 years (likely 2.4–5.7)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$131k (likely −$31k – $326k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$631k (likely $254k – $1.08M)
Today's dollars

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