Worcester State University

Overview of Worcester State University

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The university is compact, with buildings placed closely together. For instance, the Coughlin Athletic Field is close to Sheehan Hall, which is the student dormitory. The Sullivan Academic Center is just next to the Helen G. Shaughnessy Administration Building. You may not even need to bring your car since it’s easy to get from one building to another. And wellness center stands ready to treat any health issues you may have.

Top Rankings For Worcester State University

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Admissions

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Tuition Cost & Financial Aid

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The price you’ll first see from Worcester State University is the total cost, which include tuition (in- or out-of-state), room and board, books, supplies, and other various fees and expenses. In a recent academic year, this amount was $25,589. However, if you qualify for financial aid, this can help bring the cost down significantly.

Most schools track their average net price, which refers to the total cost to attend school for a year after the school has applied all of your scholarships, grants, and federal or private loans to your bill. For a recent school year, this was $16,242. Your net price could vary and depends on how much financial aid you are eligible for, which mostly depends on your family’s annual income from the year before. Families who earned less than $30,000 paid around $16,011. Families earning more than $100,001 paid around $21,857.

As a freshman student, you’ll want to see if you qualify for financial aid. About 85% of WSU freshmen qualified in a recent year. A smaller percentage (68%) received an average of $5,375 in grants or scholarships and 50% received an average of $1,806 in institutional grants and scholarships.

Sticker Price

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Academics

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The five most popular degree programs at Worcester State University are health professions and related programs; business, management, marketing and related support services; homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services; psychology; and biological and biomedical sciences. In the first two years of school, you’ll take mostly general education classes. When you finish these requirements, you’ll begin exploring degree programs that you’re most interested in and completing the courses for your major. Make sure that you take the introductory classes for the major that interests you. Some programs may require you to be officially approved to declare a major before you begin to take even the introductory classes.

If you have any time conflicts with one or more of your classes, you may be able to talk to your advisor and see if you can drop those classes causing time conflicts and add either evening classes or online classes.

The most popular degree programs at Worcester State University are health professions and related programs; business, management, marketing and related support services; homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services; psychology; and biological and biomedical sciences.

During your first year at WSU, you’ll decide you’ll decide whether or not you want to return for your second year and beyond. If you do return, you’ll become part of the retention rate. For WSU, this is 79%, meaning that more than a majority of students find the education here worth returning for after their first year. The 4-year graduation rate is a little low at 41% and the 6-year graduation rate is closer to the average at 58%.

Student Population Total

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Outcome & Salary

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It’s always good to know how other graduates of a school have done when you are considering getting an education from there yourself. Graduates of Worcester State University earn early career salaries of about $52,500 and their mid-career salaries increase to $88,600.

Now, you should keep the 4-year cost of education in mind ($64,968 on average). This will affect your total income, especially if you paid for much of your school with loans.

Based on the numbers, a graduate’s 10-year salary earning potential is $660,840 and their 20-year earning potential is $1,546,840. If you subtract your 4-year cost of education from both of these numbers, you’ll have your projected return on investment (ROI). The expected 10-year projected ROI is $595,872 and the 20-year projected ROI is $1,481,872.

However, some high school graduates decide to get right into the work force, or perhaps don’t want to add the stress of college debt to their lives. They find jobs instead. While there are outliers that can make good money with a trade education or due to their own brilliance, these workers national average salary is $38,792. After 10 years, their projected total income is $387,920 and, 20 years later, it is $775,840.

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