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Bachelor's-6% vs national median1,472 grads tracked

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Winthrop University

Ranked 205th of 298 bachelor's programs in Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$43,010
middle 50%: $37,130 – $47,321
Median · 5 years out
$49,793
middle 50%: $44,282 – $55,175
Median · 10 years out
$57,446
middle 50%: $51,157 – $64,606

Salary trajectory

Median earnings vs the national median for Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (bachelor's) graduates.

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

Winthrop University's Teacher Education graduates see a first-year median salary of $43k. Earnings rise to $50k after five years and $57k after a decade.

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
8 yrs
≈ $8,956 total interest

Same major at other universities

Benedictine University
$49,855 · 5 yrs out
Winston-Salem State University
$49,855 · 5 yrs out
Millikin University
$49,820 · 5 yrs out
Anderson University
$49,813 · 5 yrs out
Eastern Illinois University
$49,803 · 5 yrs out
University of Wisconsin - Stout
$49,797 · 5 yrs out
Cleveland State University
$49,779 · 5 yrs out
University of Wisconsin - Superior
$49,717 · 5 yrs out
Olivet Nazarene University
$49,708 · 5 yrs out
Shawnee State University
$49,561 · 5 yrs out
Western Illinois University
$49,531 · 5 yrs out
Georgia Southwestern State University
$49,457 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at Winthrop University

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$90,007 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$82,573 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)
$82,573 · 5 yrs out
Economics (Bachelor's)
$67,042 · 5 yrs out
Psychology (Master's)
$65,387 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$65,226 · 5 yrs out
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (Master's)
$64,402 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$62,818 · 5 yrs out
Physical Sciences (Bachelor's)
$62,818 · 5 yrs out
Chemistry (Bachelor's)
$62,818 · 5 yrs out
Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)
$61,827 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Bachelor's)
$60,257 · 5 yrs out

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