McDaniel College
Westminster, Maryland · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
8of 9 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Maryland high-school graduate (about $37,571 a year). 1 falls short.
9 of 37 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 28: 26 with no earnings published and 2 with nothing reported. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 27 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$21,916 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$21,916 a year
About $87,664 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $12,210 |
| $30k to $48k | $17,261 |
| $48k to $75k | $19,796 |
| $75k to $110k | $21,408 |
| $110k and up | $30,694 |
| All families (average) | $21,916 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Maryland high-school graduate ($37,571 a year).
15 of 64 programs could be assessed 23% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | $76,616 | +$39,045 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 77 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $60,264 | +$22,693 | clears the bar | $25,300 | 1.1 yrs | 50 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $78,830 | +$41,259 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 0.6 yrs | 50 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $67,374 | +$29,803 | above HS line | $51,237 | 1.7 yrs | 49 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $57,0961-year earnings | +$19,525 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 43 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $50,185 | +$12,614 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 2.0 yrs | 40 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $51,307 | +$13,736 | clears the bar | $21,375 | 1.6 yrs | 24 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $93,347 | +$55,776 | clears the bar | $23,335 | 0.4 yrs | 19 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $47,607 | +$10,036 | clears the bar | $20,110 | 2.0 yrs | 18 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $65,411 | +$27,840 | clears the bar | $24,500 | 0.9 yrs | 17 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $55,851 | +$18,280 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.4 yrs | 15 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $62,9341-year earnings | +$25,363 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $35,7931-year earnings | -$1,778 | falls short (1-yr) | $20,000 | no earnings gain | 6 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | $92,383 | +$54,812 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Educational Administration | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | $89,3151-year earnings | +$51,744 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 135 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Management Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $23,000 | not assessed | 21 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Human Resources | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Human Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| American Sign Language | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Publishing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Gerontology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Gerontology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Management Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Management Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Special Education | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $37,571 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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