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Master's+26% vs national median3,631 grads tracked

Education at Northeastern Illinois University

Ranked 16th of 335 master's programs in Education by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$77,986
middle 50%: $60,109 – $99,429
Median · 5 years out
$88,000
middle 50%: $68,864 – $109,137
Median · 10 years out
$99,088
middle 50%: $77,329 – $119,289

Salary trajectory

Median earnings vs the national median for Education (master's) graduates.

This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates

Graduates of Northeastern Illinois University's master's program in Education earn a median $77,986 one year after graduating, rising to $99,088 by year ten. Five years out, earnings run 26% above the national median of $69,841 for this field, ranking 16th of 335 reporting programs.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.

Will the degree pay for itself?

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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).

Paid off in
4.3 yrs
≈ $4,452 total interest

Same major at other universities

Fitchburg State University
$92,988 · 5 yrs out
Western Connecticut State University
$91,690 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Hunter College
$91,424 · 5 yrs out
Concordia University
$90,720 · 5 yrs out
Pennsylvania State University (The) - Great Valley School of Grad/Prof
$90,638 · 5 yrs out
SUNY Old Westbury
$88,005 · 5 yrs out
Providence College
$87,919 · 5 yrs out
Framingham State University
$87,600 · 5 yrs out
Salem State University
$87,021 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Stony Brook
$86,712 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
$86,536 · 5 yrs out
Central Connecticut State University
$85,475 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at Northeastern Illinois University

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Master's)
$108,546 · 5 yrs out
History (Master's)
$107,901 · 5 yrs out
Physical Sciences (Master's)
$97,859 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics and Statistics (Master's)
$95,990 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$89,069 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$89,069 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$84,309 · 5 yrs out
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology (Master's)
$77,146 · 5 yrs out
Social Sciences (Master's)
$73,271 · 5 yrs out
Economics (Bachelor's)
$70,625 · 5 yrs out
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Master's)
$69,841 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$69,400 · 5 yrs out

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