Master's · Seattle, Washington
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Seattle 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 4.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $90,672
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $100,421
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $74,100
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $79k (likely $79k – $79k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $32k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.8 years (likely 3.3–7.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $46k (likely −$89k – $203k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $455k (likely $148k – $793k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Computer Science (Master's)$185,607
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$167,280
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate certificate)$150,502
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- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$128,314
- Computer Science (Graduate certificate)$118,536
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$115,466
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- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$111,410
- Law (First professional)$105,471
- Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's)$102,249
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Washington
- Seattle Pacific University$99,202
- Eastern Washington University$75,656
- Central Washington University$75,017
- The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology$65,329
- Gonzaga University$63,573
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus$62,041
- City University of Seattle$56,985
- Bastyr University$54,637
- Northwest University$50,851
- Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education$50,851