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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 10,751 Undergrads 54.4% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$28,168
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$17,084
After Aid
Median Earnings
$51,793
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$17,084
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$51,793
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate54.4%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients38.2%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time73.7%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS69.2%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
81.3%
SAT Avg
1,046
SAT Reading
25th: 47053575th: 600
SAT Math
25th: 44052075th: 570
ACT Composite
25th: 182275th: 26
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
+$452k
+$55k
-$33k
Median Cost$17k/yr
+$390k
-$6k
-$94k
Full Cost$28k/yr
+$350k
-$46k
-$134k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
Never
-∞
Median Cost$17k/yr
Never
-153%
Full Cost$28k/yr
Never
-132%
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%.
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-138%
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-87%
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
$21,178
Earnings (5yr)
$67,858
Lifetime Value Added
+$41k
Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901
Median Debt
$29,591
Earnings (2yr)
$47,260
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (2yr)
$21,234
Lifetime Value Added
-$334k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$24,420
Earnings (5yr)
$57,862
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$23,357
Earnings (5yr)
$60,455
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$21,130
Earnings (5yr)
$70,345
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$22,625
Earnings (5yr)
$60,335
Lifetime Value Added
-$17k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$60,017
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
BachCIP: 5110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$70,372
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$26,600
Earnings (5yr)
$51,724
Lifetime Value Added
-$86k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$26,831
Earnings (5yr)
$60,398
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Communications Technology/Technician
BachCIP: 1001
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$38,289
Lifetime Value Added
-$179k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$21,501
Earnings (5yr)
$101,172
Lifetime Value Added
+$291k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$62,209
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
Construction Management
BachCIP: 5220
Median Debt
$23,500
Earnings (5yr)
$71,247
Lifetime Value Added
+$67k
Criminology
BachCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$55,482
Lifetime Value Added
-$56k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$52,336
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
BachCIP: 5131
Median Debt
$27,871
Earnings (5yr)
$60,588
Lifetime Value Added
-$15k
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1513
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$69,338
Lifetime Value Added
+$84k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$37,917
Lifetime Value Added
-$202k
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1603
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,598
Lifetime Value Added
-$266k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$19,205
Earnings (2yr)
$26,353
Lifetime Value Added
-$287k
Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$65,332
Lifetime Value Added
+$52k
Engineering-Related Fields
BachCIP: 1515
Median Debt
$19,792
Earnings (5yr)
$62,437
Lifetime Value Added
-$450
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$30,558
Earnings (5yr)
$48,087
Lifetime Value Added
-$116k
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
BachCIP: 5207
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$57,487
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$50,577
Lifetime Value Added
-$96k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$42,656
Lifetime Value Added
-$162k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$77,007
Lifetime Value Added
+$110k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$26,250
Earnings (5yr)
$40,678
Lifetime Value Added
-$178k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Lifetime Value Added
-$217k
Graphic Communications
BachCIP: 1003
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$47,299
Lifetime Value Added
-$123k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
BachCIP: 5107
Median Debt
$26,687
Earnings (5yr)
$57,368
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$23,618
Earnings (5yr)
$52,579
Lifetime Value Added
-$79k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$29,499
Earnings (5yr)
$44,105
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
BachCIP: 4399
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$46,478
Lifetime Value Added
-$106k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (5yr)
$50,411
Lifetime Value Added
-$97k
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$94,750
Lifetime Value Added
+$243k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (2yr)
$42,682
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$30,721
Earnings (5yr)
$48,222
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
Legal Support Services
BachCIP: 2203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$34,847
Lifetime Value Added
-$210k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
BachCIP: 1601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Lifetime Value Added
-$297k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$88,084
Lifetime Value Added
+$193k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$22,630
Earnings (5yr)
$57,811
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$30,029
Earnings (5yr)
$73,723
Lifetime Value Added
+$85k
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1508
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$92,393
Lifetime Value Added
+$225k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$52,732
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,170
Lifetime Value Added
-$50k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$26,125
Earnings (5yr)
$51,826
Lifetime Value Added
-$85k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$48,294
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
Public Administration
BachCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,060
Lifetime Value Added
-$208k
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
BachCIP: 0909
Median Debt
$26,590
Earnings (5yr)
$54,771
Lifetime Value Added
-$62k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$18,196
Earnings (5yr)
$81,223
Lifetime Value Added
+$142k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
BachCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$47,774
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$41,746
Lifetime Value Added
-$169k
Science, Technology and Society
BachCIP: 3015
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$81,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$141k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$49,925
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$31,050
Earnings (5yr)
$46,350
Lifetime Value Added
-$131k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$31,000
Earnings (5yr)
$51,197
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations
BachCIP: 5219
Median Debt
$29,000
Earnings (5yr)
$47,884
Lifetime Value Added
-$118k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$27,725
Earnings (5yr)
$46,454
Lifetime Value Added
-$130k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$29,275
Earnings (5yr)
$47,156
Lifetime Value Added
-$124k
Post-Baccalaureate Certificates
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
PB-CertCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$38,317
Earnings (2yr)
$37,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$23,397
Earnings (5yr)
$84,271
Lifetime Value Added
+$273k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
MastCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$99,010
Earnings (2yr)
$103,078
Lifetime Value Added
+$488k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$34,223
Earnings (5yr)
$88,263
Lifetime Value Added
+$307k
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
MastCIP: 4228
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (5yr)
$63,599
Lifetime Value Added
+$94k
Communication and Media Studies
MastCIP: 0901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$42,682
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$35,353
Earnings (5yr)
$57,989
Lifetime Value Added
+$43k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$46,478
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Engineering-Related Fields
MastCIP: 1515
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$79,284
Lifetime Value Added
+$272k
Finance and Financial Management Services
MastCIP: 5208
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$66,915
Lifetime Value Added
+$159k
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
MastCIP: 1905
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$48,432
Lifetime Value Added
-$18k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
MastCIP: 5107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$82,491
Lifetime Value Added
+$258k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$49,093
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Historic Preservation and Conservation
MastCIP: 3012
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$44,127
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
MastCIP: 1907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$39,009
Lifetime Value Added
-$114k
Human Resources Management and Services
MastCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$45,969
Earnings (5yr)
$80,765
Lifetime Value Added
+$243k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
MastCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$40,472
Earnings (5yr)
$98,108
Lifetime Value Added
+$392k
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
MastCIP: 2609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$58,521
Lifetime Value Added
+$48k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$56,811
Lifetime Value Added
+$64k
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians
MastCIP: 1507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$95,739
Lifetime Value Added
+$422k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
MastCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$51,642
Earnings (5yr)
$73,223
Lifetime Value Added
+$178k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$45,844
Earnings (5yr)
$59,683
Lifetime Value Added
+$59k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$51,263
Earnings (5yr)
$58,665
Lifetime Value Added
+$49k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$55,285
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,767
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$42,735
Earnings (5yr)
$54,847
Lifetime Value Added
+$14k
Graduate Certificates
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Gr-CertCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$51,273
Lifetime Value Added
+$72k
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.