Is a Education, General degree worth it?
Across 63 schools, graduates of Education, General earn a median $47,290 five years out on $24,857 of debt — most often working as Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$47,290
Median debt
$24,857
Years to pay off
5
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
49%
GPT-4-era overlap
Gender pay gap
6.5%
$50,420 vs $47,125
Net price
$21,060/yr
Debt-test failures
14.3%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$13,999
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Education, General in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.