CIP 4228 · Master's Degree · Vermont State University

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Vermont State University

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Vermont State University. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $53,215.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$53,215
Vermont CIP-4 median $44,769
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$89,728
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 25
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 25year 0year 39
Cost per year
$19,809
HS-only baseline · VT
$37,800
Years to complete
6
CIP family
42

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 4228

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology across Vermont institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Vermont Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Vermont State UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$53,215
Goddard CollegePEER$44,76912 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →