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Bradley University

Peoria, IL 3,574 Undergrads 75.5% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$57,751
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$22,469
After Aid
Median Earnings
$77,700
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$22,469
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$77,700
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$76,013
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate75.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)20.1
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients34.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time97.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS81.8%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
76.8%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

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
+$665k
+$195k
+$179k
Median Cost$22k/yr
+$584k
+$114k
+$98k
Full Cost$58k/yr
+$457k
-$13k
-$29k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
29
∞
Median Cost$22k/yr
37
121%
Full Cost$58k/yr
Never
-14%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the median earnings five years after graduating, with four years of 2% raises taken out.
  • 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%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return64%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-45%

Program ROI Analysis

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Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$80,877
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$134k
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Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
BachCIP: 5010
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,240
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$73,110
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$74k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$83,801
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$156k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,975
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$99,625
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$262k
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Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$107,379
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$336k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$82,309
Natl Median: $97,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$145k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,636
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$60,888
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,753
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$21,964
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$348k
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Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$100,391
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$283k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$318k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$32,925
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
-$247k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,489
Natl Median: $64,926
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,460
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$77,976
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$112k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,330
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$225k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$30,228
Natl Median: $54,945
Lifetime Value Added
-$272k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$50,856
Natl Median: $75,399
Lifetime Value Added
-$87k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$37,657
Natl Median: $43,283
Lifetime Value Added
-$217k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$67,735
Natl Median: $68,245
Lifetime Value Added
+$33k
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History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$30,771
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$267k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,726
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$89,362
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$199k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$88,312
Natl Median: $85,294
Lifetime Value Added
+$177k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,461
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$279k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$74,883
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
+$88k
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Median Debt
$26,492
Earnings (2yr)
$64,773
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
+$30k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$88,690
Natl Median: $88,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$193k
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Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$76,255
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$99k
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Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$95,896
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$248k
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Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,832
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$46k
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Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$64,378
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
+$6k
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Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,515
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$42,006
Natl Median: $50,497
Lifetime Value Added
-$180k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$86,941
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$180k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,960
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
-$283k
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Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$53,715
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
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Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$43,798
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$48,578
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$132k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$46,460
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$48,325
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
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Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,271
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$111,907
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$304k
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Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,269
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$70,040
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$63k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $122,873
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$73,350
Earnings (4yr)
$123,381
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$404k
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Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (2yr)
$40,896
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$323k
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Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
$81,829
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (4yr)
$84,214
Natl Median: $82,893
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
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Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), 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 decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.