Northwest Missouri State Experimental Psychology (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Research and Experimental Psychology
- Public university
- Maryville, MO
- About 58 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Northwest Missouri State experimental psychology graduates earn about what experimental psychology graduates earn nationally, $35,556 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $25,540 in federal loans, close to the national median of $21,499. Two other Missouri programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Missouri and national columns are the medians across all experimental psychology bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Northwest Missouri State graduates earn less than the national figure but about $4,707 more than the Missouri median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Missouri experimental psychology program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Missouri 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 39% 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 $271 a month, or 9.1% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 25 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $16,312.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
75% of graduates (40 of 53) were working in Missouri one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Missouri outside metro areas are about 16% below the national average, so a $35,556 salary here buys what about $42,372 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to experimental psychology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
$48,520Median pay in Missouri. 9,620 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 33,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
$102,540Median pay in Missouri. 3,650 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
$99,410Median pay in Missouri. 840 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 12% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.
Social Science Research Assistants
$65,940Median pay in Missouri. 750 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Northwest Missouri State
Experimental Psychology ranks 19th of 23 bachelor's programs at Northwest Missouri State by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer and Information Science ($65,444), Software and Media Applications ($51,790), and Marketing ($48,557).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $35,556 one year after graduating and $49,298 five years after. The median across experimental psychology bachelor's programs in Missouri is $35,556.
The median federal loan balance is $25,540, which ranks 5th lowest of 5 experimental psychology bachelor's programs in Missouri. That works out to about $271 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 72% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 63%. Compare the cost with other Missouri programs before deciding.
Most do. 75% (40 of 53) were working in Missouri 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 Missouri 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 experimental psychology 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