CIP 4407 · Master's Degree · Mississippi Valley State University

Social Work at Mississippi Valley State University

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Mississippi Valley State University. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $41,495.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$41,495
Mississippi CIP-4 median $50,320
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$36,969
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142017$52,590
$52,590$38,41520142017
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142017+37%

Social Work at Mississippi Valley State University · debt_median rose

38,415 → 52,590

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
$103,454
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 23
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 23year 0year 39
Cost per year
$14,074
HS-only baseline · MS
$30,200
Years to complete
6
CIP family
44

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 4407

Social Work across Mississippi institutions

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

University of Southern MississippiPEER$50,32060 gradsJackson StatePEER$45,11377 grads
Mississippi Valley State UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$41,495
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 →