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Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA 9,210 Undergrads 56.3% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$25,161
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$15,699
After Aid
Median Earnings
$58,676
4yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$15,699
Peer Midpoint: $20,080.5
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$58,676
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Graduation Rate56.3%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients33.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time94.5%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS73.7%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
93.1%
SAT Avg
1,090
SAT Reading
25th: 500-75th: 600
SAT Math
25th: 490-75th: 590
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
+$525k
+$58k
+$41k
Median Cost$16k/yr
+$469k
+$2k
-$16k
Full Cost$25k/yr
+$434k
-$32k
-$50k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
40
∞
Median Cost$16k/yr
Never
-28%
Full Cost$25k/yr
Never
-55%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation 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%.
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 Return-1%
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-51%
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
Certificates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CertCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,906
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Associate's Degrees
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
AssocCIP: 5109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$71,444
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
+$220k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
AssocCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminal Justice and Corrections
AssocCIP: 4301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$54,803
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
+$66k
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1505
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,148
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
AssocCIP: 5199
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,027
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
AssocCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1509
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,878
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
AssocCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,759
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
AssocCIP: 5138
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$76,001
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
+$261k
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$26,873
Earnings (4yr)
$66,300
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$45k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$70,181
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$74k
American Sign Language
BachCIP: 1616
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$59,134
Natl Median: $45,044
Lifetime Value Added
-$12k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$23,125
Earnings (4yr)
$53,927
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$55k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,988
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$54k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$64,030
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$63,088
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$19k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$52,825
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$64k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$66,538
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
+$46k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$64,063
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$26,250
Earnings (4yr)
$85,353
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$190k
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
BachCIP: 1110
Median Debt
$20,962
Earnings (4yr)
$69,048
Natl Median: $85,063
Lifetime Value Added
+$66k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$55,909
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$38,583
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$191k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
BachCIP: 5131
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$50,836
Natl Median: $55,753
Lifetime Value Added
-$80k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,798
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Education, General
BachCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$48,795
Natl Median: $49,808
Lifetime Value Added
-$97k
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$55,512
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
-$23k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$46,990
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$113k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$20,532
Earnings (4yr)
$33,682
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$227k
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
BachCIP: 5218
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,466
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$83k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$60,075
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 5199
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$72,432
Natl Median: $68,245
Lifetime Value Added
+$81k
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
BachCIP: 5111
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$73,383
Natl Median: $61,911
Lifetime Value Added
+$99k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$25,525
Earnings (4yr)
$46,133
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$120k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,030
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$121k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
BachCIP: 1601
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$48,495
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$23,698
Earnings (4yr)
$62,779
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
BachCIP: 3000
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$42,481
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$151k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,107
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management
BachCIP: 3103
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$52,571
Natl Median: $50,468
Lifetime Value Added
-$66k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,703
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$101k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$56,161
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$49,137
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$95k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,679
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$116k
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
BachCIP: 0909
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$56,381
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,525
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$89,958
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$225k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
BachCIP: 5123
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$43,233
Natl Median: $55,792
Lifetime Value Added
-$152k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Security Science and Technology
BachCIP: 4304
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$73,289
Natl Median: $57,805
Lifetime Value Added
+$98k
Social Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 4599
Median Debt
$26,500
Earnings (5yr)
$48,944
Natl Median: $56,812
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$48,454
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$50,984
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$79k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,949
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$71k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,736
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$56k
Sustainability Studies
BachCIP: 3033
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,887
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$48,662
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Post-Baccalaureate Certificates
Educational/Instructional Media Design
PB-CertCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,231
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$97,252
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$187k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
MastCIP: 5109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$123,385
Natl Median: $127,347
Lifetime Value Added
+$415k
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$22,820
Earnings (4yr)
$92,190
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$143k
Business/Commerce, General
MastCIP: 5201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $125,988
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$73,986
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
-$17k
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
$34,054
Earnings (4yr)
$59,912
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
MastCIP: 5131
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,269
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$35,950
Earnings (4yr)
$55,584
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$183k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
$25,888
Earnings (4yr)
$83,710
Natl Median: $70,644
Lifetime Value Added
+$69k
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
MastCIP: 5199
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,651
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
MastCIP: 5115
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$57,554
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
-$164k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$50,714
Earnings (4yr)
$129,202
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$465k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,241
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$176k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,315
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$185k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Doctoral Degrees
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
DocCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$82,000
Earnings (4yr)
$86,041
Natl Median: $88,343
Lifetime Value Added
-$66k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
DocCIP: 5138
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Other Programs
Biology, General
DegCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,021
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminal Justice and Corrections
DegCIP: 4301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,717
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
DegCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,758
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
DegCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,018
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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 degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.