Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of teacher education and professional development, specific levels and methods graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 718 colleges. National median: $44,402, rising to $47,767 after four years.

#CollegeStateEarnings after 1 yrAfter 4 yrsMedian debt
1Monroe UniversityNY$63,150$73,537—
2Martin Luther CollegeMN$62,969$56,435$19,500
3Centenary UniversityNJ$60,811$61,358$15,133
4CUNY York CollegeNY$60,692$67,862—
5Clark Atlanta UniversityGA$58,956——
6Pierce College DistrictWA$58,932—$19,844
7Kean UniversityNJ$58,635$58,885$21,043
8North Seattle CollegeWA$58,426$61,250—
9Seton Hall UniversityNJ$58,008$62,399$24,826
10The College of New JerseyNJ$57,944$59,328$21,500
11William Paterson University of New JerseyNJ$57,730$60,917$20,500
12Stevenson UniversityMD$57,299$54,233$19,737
13Rider UniversityNJ$57,253$60,178$26,500
14University of UtahUT$57,243$61,081$16,939
15Stockton UniversityNJ$57,237$56,838$27,000
16Pacific Lutheran UniversityWA$57,038$66,848$20,758
17Morgan State UniversityMD$56,991$55,837$25,000
18New York UniversityNY$56,784$64,640$18,000
19State University of New York at PlattsburghNY$56,570$55,996$23,965
20Texas Christian UniversityTX$56,523$60,125$23,000
21Monmouth UniversityNJ$56,474—$24,739
22McDaniel CollegeMD$56,083——
23Caldwell UniversityNJ$56,014$60,433—
24Loyola University ChicagoIL$55,773$53,896$24,625
25University of Nevada-Las VegasNV$55,695$56,095$17,266
26Nevada State UniversityNV$55,395$54,646$20,500
27Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFL$55,358$57,918$10,519
28Dallas Baptist UniversityTX$55,241$54,079$20,937
29North Carolina A & T State UniversityNC$55,007$56,785$19,291
30Ramapo College of New JerseyNJ$54,799—$19,750
31Rowan UniversityNJ$54,763—$19,500
32University of Maryland-College ParkMD$54,544$58,086$13,260
33University of DallasTX$54,511——
34Frostburg State UniversityMD$54,494$51,478$16,403
35Towson UniversityMD$54,179$56,254$17,258
36Northeastern Illinois UniversityIL$53,918$52,176$15,153
37Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFL$53,808$58,115$15,458
38Weber State UniversityUT$53,806$55,299$15,940
39Abilene Christian UniversityTX$53,663$51,334$21,500
40The University of TampaFL$53,629$53,942$21,499
41Miami Dade CollegeFL$53,509$55,276—
42Salisbury UniversityMD$53,283$55,807$19,750
43CUNY City CollegeNY$52,980$55,895$11,000
44Vanderbilt UniversityTN$52,930$55,188—
45Indian River State CollegeFL$52,915$53,747—
46Georgia Gwinnett CollegeGA$52,832$51,472$23,740
47University of Alaska FairbanksAK$52,727$54,423—
48Louisiana State University-ShreveportLA$52,720$53,352—
49Sam Houston State UniversityTX$52,686—$21,750
50Boston UniversityMA$52,685$54,766—
51Georgia State UniversityGA$52,550$54,899$23,750
52Florida Atlantic UniversityFL$52,394$56,073$14,605
53Texas State UniversityTX$52,391—$20,562
54Loyola University MarylandMD$52,387$54,695$21,500
55Washington State UniversityWA$52,243$61,304$19,999
56Old Dominion UniversityVA$52,140—$24,000
57Louisiana Tech UniversityLA$52,123$52,150$25,333
58College of Central FloridaFL$52,092$52,015—
59Butler UniversityIN$52,046—$23,000
60Roosevelt UniversityIL$51,987$52,712$20,800
61Lebanon Valley CollegePA$51,886$50,658$27,000
62University of Illinois ChicagoIL$51,664$64,100$13,613
63Marian UniversityIN$51,640$50,399$26,850
64University of South FloridaFL$51,572$51,650$16,451
65Utah State UniversityUT$51,499$51,874$15,000
66Point Loma Nazarene UniversityCA$51,184$56,198$22,995
67North Carolina Central UniversityNC$51,021$53,794—
68Kennesaw State UniversityGA$50,916$51,386$23,250
69Utah Valley UniversityUT$50,902$48,831$14,250
70Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPA$50,844$59,717$27,000
71Concordia University Ann ArborMI$50,836$45,665$25,000
72Concordia University-WisconsinWI$50,836$45,665$25,000
73Indiana University-NorthwestIN$50,727$54,088$23,295
74St Petersburg CollegeFL$50,705$52,047$15,147
75Saint Leo UniversityFL$50,678$49,634$21,466
76University of Central FloridaFL$50,666$51,784$18,794
77Heritage UniversityWA$50,663$60,999$13,193
78York College of PennsylvaniaPA$50,645$49,654$23,000
79University of ArkansasAR$50,604$51,474$23,667
80Arizona State University Campus ImmersionAZ$50,602$53,195$14,000
81University of IndianapolisIN$50,578$49,861$25,000
82Central Washington UniversityWA$50,475$59,659$18,000
83University of New OrleansLA$50,448$51,652$21,713
84Daytona State CollegeFL$50,419$50,619$9,344
85State University of New York at OswegoNY$50,405$57,622$19,375
86George Fox UniversityOR$50,398$56,768$22,570
87Southern Utah UniversityUT$50,393$54,243$12,000
88Northwestern State University of LouisianaLA$50,308$53,800$19,919
89Chestnut Hill CollegePA$50,228$51,339$21,167
90Moravian UniversityPA$50,213$56,484$27,000
91Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityFL$50,179—$17,125
92St. John Fisher UniversityNY$50,151$56,411$25,037
93Lesley UniversityMA$50,137$52,570$20,500
94Longwood UniversityVA$50,130—$22,480
95University of Mary Hardin-BaylorTX$50,092$50,730$28,750
96Mount St. Mary's UniversityMD$50,067$59,630$22,550
97Florida Southern CollegeFL$50,023$49,315$26,750
98University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$50,023$55,490$20,500
99University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$50,008$55,105$15,500
100Florida State College at JacksonvilleFL$50,003$48,275—
101Alabama State UniversityAL$49,960$51,014$29,998
102Elon UniversityNC$49,957$63,041$22,934
103Coppin State UniversityMD$49,933$55,944$25,320
104University of Massachusetts-LowellMA$49,841—$23,120
105Cornerstone UniversityMI$49,732$47,341$19,500
106Emmanuel CollegeMA$49,728$55,866$27,000
107University of Nevada-RenoNV$49,622$55,532$18,500
108University of FloridaFL$49,536$53,079$11,000
109Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$49,502$51,577$25,284
110University of North FloridaFL$49,485$49,545$13,565
111Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA$49,477—$21,000
112Drexel UniversityPA$49,337$54,571$27,000
113Temple UniversityPA$49,274$55,494$24,250
114Hampton UniversityVA$49,249——
115Southeastern Louisiana UniversityLA$49,239$47,405$18,298
116North Central CollegeIL$49,209$49,224$24,750
117University of ArizonaAZ$49,149$51,285$13,782
118Baylor UniversityTX$49,121$56,476$20,000
119University of North GeorgiaGA$49,086$50,102$17,500
120James Madison UniversityVA$49,016—$19,500
121Centralia CollegeWA$48,994——
122Southeastern UniversityFL$48,959$49,334$26,000
123Drake UniversityIA$48,959$49,289$24,125
124Delaware Valley UniversityPA$48,929——
125Reinhardt UniversityGA$48,917—$25,250
126Clayton State UniversityGA$48,914—$26,500
127University of Louisiana at MonroeLA$48,907$47,767$25,000
128Assumption UniversityMA$48,896$61,136$27,000
129Florida International UniversityFL$48,849$53,854$14,914
130Hope CollegeMI$48,837$49,469$27,000
131Saint Johns River State CollegeFL$48,832$50,390—
132Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$48,831$50,738$14,750
133Utah Tech UniversityUT$48,821$57,758$14,000
134Arizona Christian UniversityAZ$48,814$46,205$23,000
135Worcester State UniversityMA$48,757$52,337$20,218
136Dominican UniversityIL$48,641$53,810$21,375
137Florida State UniversityFL$48,631$51,863$11,502
138University of GeorgiaGA$48,626$52,240$17,000
139Misericordia UniversityPA$48,610—$27,000
140West Chester University of PennsylvaniaPA$48,573$55,696$22,771
141Indiana University-IndianapolisIN$48,529$49,540$14,364
142Wilmington UniversityDE$48,509$50,589$22,168
143Morningside UniversityIA$48,471$50,717$27,000
144University of DelawareDE$48,429$56,301$26,000
145Alma CollegeMI$48,401$44,458$27,000
146Messiah UniversityPA$48,378$53,052$26,672
147Wayne State UniversityMI$48,339$48,506$25,958
148National UniversityCA$48,306$53,761$32,812
149Polk State CollegeFL$48,277—$10,152
150University of Alaska SoutheastAK$48,212——
151Shaw UniversityNC$48,189——
152New Mexico State University-Main CampusNM$48,171$51,592$24,755
153University of WyomingWY$48,137$51,967$12,500
154St Catherine UniversityMN$48,097$48,822$21,710
155Stonehill CollegeMA$48,068$49,884$26,000
156University of Wisconsin-MadisonWI$48,054$49,640$12,010
157Indiana University-BloomingtonIN$48,015$52,269$19,500
158Marquette UniversityWI$47,923$56,955$19,500
159Saint Peter's UniversityNJ$47,922$62,040$16,785
160SUNY College at PotsdamNY$47,916$53,834$15,375
161Hanover CollegeIN$47,881—$23,250
162Simpson CollegeIA$47,862$46,495$27,000
163Wheaton College (Massachusetts)MA$47,840—$24,000
164Western New Mexico UniversityNM$47,752—$12,800
165University of Massachusetts-BostonMA$47,677$56,460$21,589
166Trine UniversityIN$47,646—$26,500
167New Mexico Highlands UniversityNM$47,618$53,566$8,585
168Winston-Salem State UniversityNC$47,615$51,520$23,500
169Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusNM$47,597$51,075$9,666
170Purdue University-Main CampusIN$47,539$48,502$17,318
171Chaminade University of HonoluluHI$47,527$51,215—
172Georgia College & State UniversityGA$47,525$52,509$26,000
173Millikin UniversityIL$47,499$45,797$22,740
174Saint Norbert CollegeWI$47,497$46,418$27,000
175University of South DakotaSD$47,492$46,034$22,500
176Millersville University of PennsylvaniaPA$47,436$49,373$20,099
177DeSales UniversityPA$47,417—$22,625
178Mount Mercy UniversityIA$47,409$47,713$26,000
179Eastern Connecticut State UniversityCT$47,395$52,010$26,970
180Bridgewater State UniversityMA$47,395$51,523$25,563
181Eastern UniversityPA$47,296$46,736$25,000
182Whitworth UniversityWA$47,242$60,010$25,000
183Whitworth University-Adult Degree ProgramsWA$47,242$60,010$25,000
184Shepherd UniversityWV$47,172$48,992$19,515
185University of Colorado BoulderCO$47,144—$19,500
186Linfield UniversityOR$47,129$52,429$27,000
187Carroll UniversityWI$47,114$50,285$27,000
188Flagler CollegeFL$47,099$49,797$23,250
189Purdue University NorthwestIN$47,045$49,224$23,760
190Dickinson State UniversityND$47,042—$15,000
191CUNY Brooklyn CollegeNY$46,989$58,828$11,500
192Rollins CollegeFL$46,983$53,908$27,375
193Lubbock Christian UniversityTX$46,978$44,937$22,500
194Salve Regina UniversityRI$46,971$59,178$27,000
195Gustavus Adolphus CollegeMN$46,936$47,629$22,949
196Grand View UniversityIA$46,913$49,409$23,625
197McNeese State UniversityLA$46,885$48,195—
198Saint Michael's CollegeVT$46,876$54,308$27,000
199DePaul UniversityIL$46,870$54,208$24,500
200Wilkes UniversityPA$46,826$52,234$27,000
201University of JamestownND$46,819$49,410—
202Edgewood UniversityWI$46,814$48,946$23,741
203Samford UniversityAL$46,803$52,171$19,500
204University of Michigan-DearbornMI$46,791—$31,000
205CUNY Hunter CollegeNY$46,784$73,857—
206University of Saint Francis-Fort WayneIN$46,771——
207University of the Incarnate WordTX$46,739$53,576$26,950
208Valley City State UniversityND$46,714$48,841$18,500
209Ball State UniversityIN$46,703$48,344$16,881
210King's CollegePA$46,650$47,486$26,250
211Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaPA$46,646$49,039$21,750
212Saint Mary's CollegeIN$46,596$51,665$27,000
213Wheaton CollegeIL$46,581$48,374$23,166
214University of West FloridaFL$46,561$46,311—
215Illinois Wesleyan UniversityIL$46,542—$27,000
216Middle Tennessee State UniversityTN$46,542$46,252$20,750
217Viterbo UniversityWI$46,509$44,722$15,000
218Purdue University Fort WayneIN$46,494$45,525$21,278
219Iowa State UniversityIA$46,492$47,462$22,500
220University of Rhode IslandRI$46,445$56,999$19,500
221Lipscomb UniversityTN$46,421$44,328—
222Carthage CollegeWI$46,420$48,349$23,250
223Indiana University-South BendIN$46,418$45,755$17,696
224Elmhurst UniversityIL$46,360$52,106$17,500
225Wingate UniversityNC$46,295$50,391—
226Susquehanna UniversityPA$46,290$51,105$27,000
227University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI$46,277$54,558$15,289
228Mayville State UniversityND$46,249$47,852$25,960
229Nicholls State UniversityLA$46,229$49,442$27,000
230University of St ThomasMN$46,220$47,712$27,000
231North Carolina State University at RaleighNC$46,207$48,824$15,989
232College of Staten Island CUNYNY$46,195$75,637—
233University of Louisiana at LafayetteLA$46,133$46,313$21,950
234Mount Marty UniversitySD$46,129$49,652$23,328
235Fitchburg State UniversityMA$46,112$46,696$20,500
236University of Central OklahomaOK$46,077$46,831$19,250
237Yakima Valley CollegeWA$46,047——
238University of Wisconsin-OshkoshWI$45,994$45,902$24,579
239Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityNE$45,991—$26,000
240Valparaiso UniversityIN$45,989$53,495$27,000
241University of New Mexico-Main CampusNM$45,968$50,231$19,722
242Concordia University-Saint PaulMN$45,964$40,801$19,500
243East Carolina UniversityNC$45,932$47,970$20,500
244Aspen UniversityAZ$45,920$43,285—
245Saint Anselm CollegeNH$45,905$56,049$27,000
246Grace College and Theological SeminaryIN$45,900$48,406$20,500
247University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireWI$45,887$47,473$20,500
248Augustana UniversitySD$45,872$46,600$27,000
249Berry CollegeGA$45,865$50,413$20,000
250Cornell CollegeIA$45,850$47,762$27,000
251Lee UniversityTN$45,830$48,382$27,000
252University of VermontVT$45,830$48,111$20,500
253University of South Carolina BeaufortSC$45,825$47,705—
254Ottawa University-OttawaKS$45,823$50,010$21,812
255Ottawa University-Kansas CityKS$45,823$50,010$21,812
256Ottawa University-OnlineKS$45,823$50,010$21,812
257Ottawa University-SurpriseAZ$45,823$50,010$21,812
258East Texas Baptist UniversityTX$45,803—$18,625
259University of KansasKS$45,792$50,434$22,125
260Luther CollegeIA$45,791$50,164$27,000
261Anderson UniversityIN$45,785$47,968—
262Wisconsin Lutheran CollegeWI$45,771$53,548$21,825
263Northern State UniversitySD$45,766$44,147$20,500
264Campbell UniversityNC$45,753$47,989$16,500
265Bethel UniversityMN$45,751$47,556$25,000
266Delaware State UniversityDE$45,724$50,794$22,267
267Concordia University-ChicagoIL$45,723$45,532$26,000
268Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaPA$45,697$51,346$25,000
269Lewis UniversityIL$45,685$51,794$19,271
270Minot State UniversityND$45,636$45,941$24,747
271The University of AlabamaAL$45,632$49,007$21,500
272University of ScrantonPA$45,576$60,846$27,000
273University of Wisconsin-La CrosseWI$45,562$46,328$23,500
274State University of New York at CortlandNY$45,560$62,275$21,999
275Illinois State UniversityIL$45,555$49,240$17,500
276Northern Illinois UniversityIL$45,553$50,385$19,100
277Southern New Hampshire UniversityNH$45,542$44,327$22,767
278Eastern Oregon UniversityOR$45,430$48,894$20,417
279University of Sioux FallsSD$45,429$44,735$27,000
280Saint Martin's UniversityWA$45,420$59,433$26,000
281Western Connecticut State UniversityCT$45,376$54,262—
282Western Michigan UniversityMI$45,368$47,898$30,750
283Indiana University-KokomoIN$45,359$43,726$16,000
284Central Michigan UniversityMI$45,338$49,677$27,000
285Emporia State UniversityKS$45,334$46,195$14,758
286Central Connecticut State UniversityCT$45,329$52,220$22,780
287Saint Xavier UniversityIL$45,328$58,097$19,000
288University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWI$45,282$46,637$23,542
289Olivet Nazarene UniversityIL$45,251$45,455$23,977
290Central CollegeIA$45,218$50,707$24,500
291University of North Carolina at GreensboroNC$45,199$51,778$22,250
292Oral Roberts UniversityOK$45,181$44,177$22,500
293Metropolitan State University of DenverCO$45,155$49,025$19,827
294University of Nebraska-LincolnNE$45,116$48,046$20,119
295Concordia College at MoorheadMN$45,099$49,551$24,187
296Southern Nazarene UniversityOK$45,076$45,934—
297University of Arkansas at Little RockAR$45,043$44,978$22,906
298University of Alabama in HuntsvilleAL$45,037$42,922$16,500
299University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusOK$45,035$46,252$20,000
300Oakland UniversityMI$45,027$48,396$21,500

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do teacher education and professional development, specific levels and methods graduates earn?

The median college reports $44,402 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in teacher education and professional development, specific levels and methods and $47,767 four years after. The highest is $63,150 at Monroe University.

How much student debt do teacher education and professional development, specific levels and methods graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $21,825 at the typical college.