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Master's · Charles Town, West Virginia

Is Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations at American Public University System worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$103,229
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
$26,052
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$28k (likely $28k – $28k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$45k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WV
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
1.1 years (likely 0.9–1.4)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$280k (likely $192k – $376k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$767k (likely $562k – $979k)
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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