Master's · Superior, Wisconsin
Is Special Education and Teaching at University of Wisconsin-Superior worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $60,380
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,374
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $15,035
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $16k (likely $16k – $16k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k 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
- −$193k (likely −$261k – −$120k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$233k (likely −$360k – −$86k)
- 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-Superior
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$77,587
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$60,644
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$58,394
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$58,167
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$56,863
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$54,420
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$54,195
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$50,950
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$45,014
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$44,617
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$44,116
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$43,561
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in Wisconsin
- Edgewood University$58,537
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$57,193
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$56,443
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee$55,004
- Carroll University$47,652