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Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale, AZ 49,000 Undergrads 44.0% Grad Rate
Total Cost
-
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
-
After Aid
Median Earnings
$62,668
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price-
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$62,668
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate44.0%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients38.0%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time39.5%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS79.1%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
64.1%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -
ROI Sensitivity Analysis
This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.
Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$538k
+$141k
+$53k
Median CostN/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Full CostN/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
37
∞
Median CostN/A
N/A
N/A
Full CostN/A
N/A
N/A
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 10-year median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
- Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
- Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
- NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.
Program ROI Analysis
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$82,689
Lifetime Value Added
+$214k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$54,391
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$66,602
Lifetime Value Added
+$93k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$58,703
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$20,490
Earnings (5yr)
$79,619
Lifetime Value Added
+$191k
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
BachCIP: 5299
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$73,457
Lifetime Value Added
+$145k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$55,428
Lifetime Value Added
+$5k
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
BachCIP: 0403
Median Debt
$23,444
Earnings (5yr)
$61,411
Lifetime Value Added
+$53k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$19,202
Earnings (5yr)
$62,225
Lifetime Value Added
+$59k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$19,356
Earnings (5yr)
$56,764
Lifetime Value Added
+$16k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (5yr)
$97,416
Lifetime Value Added
+$324k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$113,500
Lifetime Value Added
+$444k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$20,151
Earnings (5yr)
$56,419
Lifetime Value Added
+$13k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$63,188
Lifetime Value Added
+$67k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$16,461
Earnings (5yr)
$74,632
Lifetime Value Added
+$154k
Education, Other
BachCIP: 1399
Median Debt
$22,250
Earnings (5yr)
$44,015
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$24,263
Earnings (5yr)
$102,932
Lifetime Value Added
+$366k
Engineering-Related Fields
BachCIP: 1515
Median Debt
$28,125
Earnings (5yr)
$107,203
Lifetime Value Added
+$397k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$21,375
Earnings (5yr)
$50,363
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$51,370
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies
BachCIP: 1904
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$49,656
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
$19,250
Earnings (5yr)
$48,485
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$19,983
Earnings (5yr)
$43,348
Lifetime Value Added
-$94k
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1905
Median Debt
$21,583
Earnings (5yr)
$52,150
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
$24,293
Earnings (5yr)
$59,314
Lifetime Value Added
+$36k
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
BachCIP: 5111
Median Debt
$22,935
Earnings (5yr)
$55,479
Lifetime Value Added
+$6k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$23,493
Earnings (5yr)
$50,922
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
International/Global Studies
BachCIP: 3020
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$51,348
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$23,300
Earnings (5yr)
$62,843
Lifetime Value Added
+$64k
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
BachCIP: 5213
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (5yr)
$101,034
Lifetime Value Added
+$351k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$16,200
Earnings (5yr)
$80,113
Lifetime Value Added
+$195k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$94,295
Lifetime Value Added
+$301k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$21,437
Earnings (5yr)
$63,362
Lifetime Value Added
+$68k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$18,463
Earnings (5yr)
$60,661
Lifetime Value Added
+$47k
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
$22,523
Earnings (5yr)
$61,817
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
BachCIP: 3101
Median Debt
$20,745
Earnings (5yr)
$56,982
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
$24,188
Earnings (5yr)
$58,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$73,544
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$68,231
Lifetime Value Added
+$106k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$52,287
Lifetime Value Added
-$20k
Public Policy Analysis
BachCIP: 4405
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$62,990
Lifetime Value Added
+$65k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$21,892
Earnings (5yr)
$91,152
Lifetime Value Added
+$277k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
$23,495
Earnings (5yr)
$63,437
Lifetime Value Added
+$69k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$20,329
Earnings (5yr)
$53,459
Lifetime Value Added
-$11k
Science Technologies/Technicians, Other
BachCIP: 4199
Median Debt
$22,366
Earnings (5yr)
$73,181
Lifetime Value Added
+$143k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$21,984
Earnings (5yr)
$49,636
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
Visual and Performing Arts, General
BachCIP: 5001
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$47,489
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
Master's Degrees
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$47,828
Earnings (5yr)
$135,798
Lifetime Value Added
+$745k
Communication and Media Studies
MastCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$26,250
Earnings (5yr)
$60,331
Lifetime Value Added
+$96k
Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$139,405
Lifetime Value Added
+$775k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
MastCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$36,115
Earnings (5yr)
$67,190
Lifetime Value Added
+$157k
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
$31,054
Earnings (5yr)
$65,150
Lifetime Value Added
+$139k
Design and Applied Arts
MastCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$60,449
Earnings (5yr)
$67,899
Lifetime Value Added
+$163k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$35,800
Earnings (5yr)
$66,596
Lifetime Value Added
+$152k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
$33,942
Earnings (2yr)
$57,189
Lifetime Value Added
+$99k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
MastCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$26,051
Earnings (5yr)
$121,937
Lifetime Value Added
+$627k
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other
MastCIP: 1599
Median Debt
$27,730
Earnings (5yr)
$77,064
Lifetime Value Added
+$242k
Engineering, General
MastCIP: 1401
Median Debt
$26,476
Earnings (5yr)
$104,294
Lifetime Value Added
+$476k
English Language and Literature, General
MastCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$34,898
Earnings (2yr)
$42,682
Lifetime Value Added
-$45k
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies
MastCIP: 1904
Median Debt
$35,340
Earnings (5yr)
$56,495
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
MastCIP: 1905
Median Debt
$29,120
Earnings (5yr)
$59,855
Lifetime Value Added
+$92k
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$38,969
Earnings (5yr)
$63,033
Lifetime Value Added
+$120k
Homeland Security
MastCIP: 4303
Median Debt
$37,336
Earnings (5yr)
$90,117
Lifetime Value Added
+$354k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
MastCIP: 1907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,907
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
Industrial Engineering
MastCIP: 1435
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$121,778
Lifetime Value Added
+$626k
International Business
MastCIP: 5211
Median Debt
$57,553
Earnings (5yr)
$112,371
Lifetime Value Added
+$545k
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
MastCIP: 2202
Median Debt
$53,770
Earnings (5yr)
$81,196
Lifetime Value Added
+$278k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
MastCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$53,262
Earnings (5yr)
$63,909
Lifetime Value Added
+$128k
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
MastCIP: 5213
Median Debt
$33,647
Earnings (5yr)
$130,574
Lifetime Value Added
+$700k
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
MastCIP: 3000
Median Debt
$55,556
Earnings (5yr)
$61,002
Lifetime Value Added
+$102k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
MastCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$39,313
Earnings (5yr)
$75,879
Lifetime Value Added
+$232k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$49,306
Earnings (5yr)
$76,572
Lifetime Value Added
+$238k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$32,995
Earnings (5yr)
$84,190
Lifetime Value Added
+$304k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$51,901
Earnings (5yr)
$60,407
Lifetime Value Added
+$97k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$30,750
Earnings (5yr)
$56,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
Doctoral Degrees
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
DocCIP: 4228
Median Debt
$111,811
Earnings (5yr)
$75,447
Lifetime Value Added
+$117k
Education, General
DocCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$66,553
Earnings (5yr)
$93,596
Lifetime Value Added
+$249k
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.
For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results should not be compared with those Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors starting at age 18.