Master's · Madison, Wisconsin
Is Special Education and Teaching at University of Wisconsin-Madison 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
- $61,432
- 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
- $18,766
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $20k (likely $20k – $20k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$1k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WI
- 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
- −$187k (likely −$285k – −$77k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$199k (likely −$407k – $40k)
- 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 University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$196,985
- Public Health (Doctoral)$169,322
- Marketing (Master's)$166,668
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$164,371
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$160,097
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$156,689
- Engineering, General (Master's)$147,101
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$139,210
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$129,743
- Medicine (First professional)$127,913
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Doctoral)$126,758
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$125,492
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Wisconsin
- Edgewood University$58,537
- University of Wisconsin-Superior$58,070
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$56,443
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee$55,004
- Carroll University$47,652