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Drury University

Springfield, MO 1,383 Undergrads 60.7% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$48,846
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$20,831
After Aid
Median Earnings
$47,568
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$20,831
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$47,568
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$40,694
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate60.7%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age26.1
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients26.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time98.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS63.2%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
57.6%
SAT Avg
1,218
SAT Reading
25th: 57059075th: 670
SAT Math
25th: 56057075th: 620
ACT Composite
25th: 222775th: 29

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)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$433k
-$34k
-$51k
Median Cost$21k/yr
+$358k
-$109k
-$126k
Full Cost$49k/yr
+$257k
-$209k
-$227k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
Never
-∞
Median Cost$21k/yr
Never
-168%
Full Cost$49k/yr
Never
-129%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • 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
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

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-140%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

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-97%
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, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Certificates

Median Debt
$5,500
Earnings (4yr)
$47,006
Natl Median: $57,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$41k

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Behavioral Sciences
AssocCIP: 3017
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,793
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,810
Earnings (4yr)
$48,281
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$37,127
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
Education, General
AssocCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,787
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $36,134
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Homeland Security
AssocCIP: 4303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,829
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,669
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$33,531
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
-$156k
Psychology, General
AssocCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$30,595
Natl Median: $39,288
Lifetime Value Added
-$186k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
AssocCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,162
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$80,200
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$132k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,074
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$31,000
Earnings (4yr)
$70,134
Natl Median: $66,914
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
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
$23,424
Earnings (4yr)
$49,387
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$111k
Median Debt
$22,778
Earnings (4yr)
$52,286
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
-$87k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$31,053
Earnings (4yr)
$47,695
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$125k
Criminology
BachCIP: 4504
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,556
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,276
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$103k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$21,964
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$341k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,308
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$15,634
Earnings (4yr)
$35,543
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$229k
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,185
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$62,319
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
-$15k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,283
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$30,409
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
-$263k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$25,125
Earnings (4yr)
$41,996
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$174k
Homeland Security
BachCIP: 4303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,193
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,550
Earnings (4yr)
$39,257
Natl Median: $48,597
Lifetime Value Added
-$197k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,160
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$130k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$47,260
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$113k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,451
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
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,172
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$20,958
Earnings (4yr)
$42,425
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$170k
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (2yr)
$35,416
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$218k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,792
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,186
Earnings (4yr)
$50,287
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
-$103k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$29,000
Earnings (4yr)
$43,676
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$159k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$47,689
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$133k
Median Debt
$19,478
Earnings (4yr)
$37,713
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$210k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
MastCIP: 5010
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$36,141
Natl Median: $59,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$367k
Median Debt
$17,968
Earnings (4yr)
$79,592
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$23k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$42,363
Natl Median: $60,185
Lifetime Value Added
-$303k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$34,704
Natl Median: $70,644
Lifetime Value Added
-$382k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,125
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$38,289
Natl Median: $66,129
Lifetime Value Added
-$344k
Median Debt
$21,855
Earnings (4yr)
$42,026
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$323k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$45,581
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$297k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$48,720
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
-$267k

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.