Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Education (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Education, General
- Public college
- North Adams, MA
- About 11 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts education graduates earn about what education graduates earn nationally, $39,375 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $25,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,542. One other Massachusetts program reports higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Massachusetts and national columns are the medians across all education bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts graduates earn more than the national figure and about the same as the Massachusetts median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Massachusetts education program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Massachusetts medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 38% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $265 a month, or 8.1% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
86% of graduates (18 of 21) were working in Massachusetts one year after graduating. Prices in the Pittsfield area are about 5% below the national average, so a $39,375 salary here buys what about $41,401 buys in a typical US city.
About Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Education ranks 2nd of 8 bachelor's programs at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer and Information Science ($80,332), Education ($39,375), and Business Administration ($39,369).
Other education bachelor's programs near North Adams
Common questions
The median graduate earns $39,375 one year after graduating and $54,503 five years after. The median across education bachelor's programs in Massachusetts is $33,401.
The median federal loan balance is $25,000, which ranks 2nd lowest of 6 education bachelor's programs in Massachusetts. That works out to about $265 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 63% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 68%.
Most do. 86% (18 of 21) were working in Massachusetts one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the education program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024