Springfield College Education (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Education, General
- Private nonprofit college
- Springfield, MA
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Springfield College education graduates earn more than graduates of most education programs nationally, $45,906 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,542. It is one of the higher-paying education degrees in Massachusetts.
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.
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.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $2,596 less in their first year than other graduates. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 7.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Springfield area are about 4% below the national average, so a $45,906 salary here buys what about $47,788 buys in a typical US city.
About Springfield College
Education ranks 1st of 8 bachelor's programs at Springfield College by first-year earnings. The top three are Education ($45,906), Community Organization and Advocacy ($44,961), and Criminal Justice ($41,441).
Other education bachelor's programs near Springfield
Common questions
The median graduate earns $45,906 one year after graduating. The median across education bachelor's programs in Massachusetts is $33,401.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 3rd lowest of 6 education bachelor's programs in Massachusetts. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 59% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 68%.
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