Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus

Teaneck, NJ 2,627 Undergrads 56.0% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$50,305

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$15,404

After Aid

Median Earnings

$68,049

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$15,404

Peer Midpoint: $20,080.5

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$68,049

Peer Midpoint: $60,428

Graduation Rate56.0%

Peer Midpoint: 58.9%

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients47.1%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time81.5%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS70.8%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance

90.7%

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

+$599k

+$132k

+$114k

Median Cost$15k/yr

+$543k

+$77k

+$59k

Full Cost$50k/yr

+$418k

-$49k

-$67k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

∞

Median Cost$15k/yr

107%

Full Cost$50k/yr

Never

-37%

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 Return24%

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-55%

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

Associate's Degrees

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

AssocCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,389

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

AssocCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$12,000

Earnings (4yr)

$41,796

Natl Median: $44,125

Lifetime Value Added

-$62k

Bachelor's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

BachCIP: 5203

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$87,753

Natl Median: $76,194

Lifetime Value Added

+$210k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

BachCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $70,786

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

BachCIP: 2602

Median Debt

$27,000

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,466

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Biological and Physical Sciences

BachCIP: 3001

Median Debt

$26,000

Earnings (5yr)

$55,879

Natl Median: $58,891

Lifetime Value Added

-$47k

Biology, General

BachCIP: 2601

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$56,559

Natl Median: $57,214

Lifetime Value Added

-$32k

Business Administration, Management and Operations

BachCIP: 5202

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$65,593

Natl Median: $68,257

Lifetime Value Added

+$40k

Chemistry

BachCIP: 4005

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,120

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians

BachCIP: 1502

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $76,549

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

BachCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $75,975

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Communication and Media Studies

BachCIP: 0901

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$57,829

Natl Median: $56,359

Lifetime Value Added

-$22k

Computer and Information Sciences, General

BachCIP: 1101

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$76,778

Natl Median: $92,374

Lifetime Value Added

+$126k

Computer Science

BachCIP: 1107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $107,009

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Construction Engineering Technology/Technician

BachCIP: 1510

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $93,843

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

BachCIP: 4301

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$51,148

Natl Median: $55,378

Lifetime Value Added

-$77k

Criminology

BachCIP: 4504

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$53,055

Natl Median: $55,556

Lifetime Value Added

-$61k

Design and Applied Arts

BachCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,490

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

BachCIP: 5005

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$33,749

Natl Median: $39,775

Lifetime Value Added

-$225k

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology

BachCIP: 2613

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

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

BachCIP: 1410

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$83,798

Natl Median: $100,647

Lifetime Value Added

+$179k

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

BachCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $84,599

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

English Language and Literature, General

BachCIP: 2301

Median Debt

$25,500

Earnings (4yr)

$56,969

Natl Median: $48,590

Lifetime Value Added

-$29k

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

BachCIP: 5207

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $61,027

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

BachCIP: 5006

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$45,958

Natl Median: $43,765

Lifetime Value Added

-$120k

Finance and Financial Management Services

BachCIP: 5208

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$84,606

Natl Median: $83,343

Lifetime Value Added

+$186k

Fine and Studio Arts

BachCIP: 5007

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$25,194

Natl Median: $41,367

Lifetime Value Added

-$291k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

BachCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $58,716

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

BachCIP: 5100

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $61,296

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

History

BachCIP: 5401

Median Debt

$25,125

Earnings (4yr)

$53,737

Natl Median: $50,680

Lifetime Value Added

-$55k

Hospitality Administration/Management

BachCIP: 5209

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$71,188

Natl Median: $56,726

Lifetime Value Added

+$83k

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

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$60,525

Natl Median: $53,072

Lifetime Value Added

+$98

Marketing

BachCIP: 5214

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$75,172

Natl Median: $69,303

Lifetime Value Added

+$114k

Mathematics

BachCIP: 2701

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$74,192

Natl Median: $69,562

Lifetime Value Added

+$106k

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

BachCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$51,273

Natl Median: $82,073

Lifetime Value Added

-$58k

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General

BachCIP: 3000

Median Debt

$25,000

Earnings (4yr)

$48,292

Natl Median: $50,532

Lifetime Value Added

-$101k

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

BachCIP: 0301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,012

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Political Science and Government

BachCIP: 4510

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$54,888

Natl Median: $63,293

Lifetime Value Added

-$46k

Psychology, General

BachCIP: 4201

Median Debt

$24,000

Earnings (4yr)

$55,977

Natl Median: $50,706

Lifetime Value Added

-$37k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

BachCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$23,000

Earnings (4yr)

$98,585

Natl Median: $88,910

Lifetime Value Added

+$292k

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

BachCIP: 2313

Median Debt

$26,000

Earnings (4yr)

$35,169

Natl Median: $48,471

Lifetime Value Added

-$213k

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

BachCIP: 1609

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,000

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Sociology

BachCIP: 4511

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $52,657

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Visual and Performing Arts, General

BachCIP: 5001

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$30,771

Natl Median: $41,688

Lifetime Value Added

-$240k

Master's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

MastCIP: 5203

Median Debt

$25,510

Earnings (4yr)

$108,803

Natl Median: $95,833

Lifetime Value Added

+$289k

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

MastCIP: 1302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $71,241

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

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

$27,332

Earnings (4yr)

$120,131

Natl Median: $103,485

Lifetime Value Added

+$387k

Chemistry

MastCIP: 4005

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $82,937

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

MastCIP: 4228

Median Debt

$42,425

Earnings (4yr)

$80,630

Natl Median: $65,184

Lifetime Value Added

+$42k

Communication and Media Studies

MastCIP: 0901

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $71,953

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer and Information Sciences, General

MastCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $124,201

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Engineering

MastCIP: 1409

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $136,736

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Science

MastCIP: 1107

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$58,673

Natl Median: $145,571

Lifetime Value Added

-$131k

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

MastCIP: 1110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $121,855

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

MastCIP: 4301

Median Debt

$26,812

Earnings (4yr)

$61,820

Natl Median: $66,714

Lifetime Value Added

-$124k

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

Earnings (4yr)

$66,997

Natl Median: $71,685

Lifetime Value Added

-$78k

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

MastCIP: 1410

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $133,654

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Health and Medical Administrative Services

MastCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $89,981

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

MastCIP: 5100

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $78,149

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Homeland Security

MastCIP: 4303

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $96,660

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Hospitality Administration/Management

MastCIP: 5209

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $74,856

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

MastCIP: 5213

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $124,807

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Marketing

MastCIP: 5214

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $79,106

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mathematics

MastCIP: 2701

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $72,654

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Medical Illustration and Informatics

MastCIP: 5127

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $101,441

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

MastCIP: 5120

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $129,214

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Political Science and Government

MastCIP: 4510

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $78,850

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Psychology, General

MastCIP: 4201

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$86,294

Natl Median: $64,711

Lifetime Value Added

+$92k

Public Administration

MastCIP: 4404

Median Debt

$41,000

Earnings (4yr)

$87,309

Natl Median: $81,408

Lifetime Value Added

+$101k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

MastCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$40,432

Earnings (4yr)

$145,105

Natl Median: $120,193

Lifetime Value Added

+$603k

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

MastCIP: 2313

Median Debt

$37,523

Earnings (4yr)

$67,441

Natl Median: $55,035

Lifetime Value Added

-$74k

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

MastCIP: 1609

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $60,728

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Special Education and Teaching

MastCIP: 1310

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,397

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

MastCIP: 3105

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$64,298

Natl Median: $62,033

Lifetime Value Added

-$102k

Taxation

MastCIP: 5216

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $114,810

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

MastCIP: 1312

Median Debt

$20,500

Earnings (4yr)

$64,376

Natl Median: $59,916

Lifetime Value Added

-$101k

Visual and Performing Arts, General

MastCIP: 5001

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $59,460

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Graduate Certificates

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

Gr-CertCIP: 4228

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,509

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

Gr-CertCIP: 5138

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $126,911

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

Gr-CertCIP: 1313

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $69,444

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

DocCIP: 4228

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$118,721

Natl Median: $99,878

Lifetime Value Added

+$160k

Professional Degrees

Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

ProfCIP: 4228

Median Debt

$69,076

Earnings (4yr)

$98,429

Natl Median: $70,514

Lifetime Value Added

+$27k

Pharmacology and Toxicology

ProfCIP: 2610

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$136,194

Natl Median: $136,115

Lifetime Value Added

+$306k

Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

ProfCIP: 5120

Median Debt

$198,813

Earnings (4yr)

$144,192

Natl Median: $138,348

Lifetime Value Added

+$365k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

ProfCIP: 5138

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $133,099

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.