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George Fox University

Newberg, OR 2,699 Undergrads 71.5% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$61,471
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$31,648
After Aid
Median Earnings
$68,025
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$31,648
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$68,025
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$62,873
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate71.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)22.7
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients30.3%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time92.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS77.6%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
93.5%
SAT Avg
1,197
SAT Reading
25th: 56062075th: 680
SAT Math
25th: 51058075th: 660
ACT Composite
25th: 202475th: 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)

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$592k
+$122k
+$106k
Median Cost$32k/yr
+$478k
+$8k
-$8k
Full Cost$61k/yr
+$371k
-$99k
-$116k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
32
∞
Median Cost$32k/yr
Never
-7%
Full Cost$61k/yr
Never
-52%
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 Return-8%

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-66%

Program ROI Analysis

These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$83,423
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$120k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Behavioral Sciences
BachCIP: 3017
Median Debt
$22,166
Earnings (4yr)
$56,440
Natl Median: $48,673
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,533
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$24,034
Earnings (4yr)
$52,264
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
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Median Debt
$22,750
Earnings (4yr)
$82,212
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$111k
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Cognitive Science
BachCIP: 3025
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,496
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,944
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$106,106
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$293k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$91,427
Natl Median: $89,359
Lifetime Value Added
+$181k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$26,353
Natl Median: $46,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$340k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$50,003
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
-$145k
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Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (5yr)
$90,647
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$162k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$42,759
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$206k
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History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,294
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International/Globalization Studies
BachCIP: 3020
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,972
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$67,364
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
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Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$48,531
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
-$157k
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Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$44,603
Natl Median: $42,915
Lifetime Value Added
-$191k
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Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$54,568
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$106k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$54,074
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
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Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$93,740
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$199k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$19,733
Earnings (4yr)
$62,201
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
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Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$50,510
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
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Median Debt
$22,570
Earnings (4yr)
$56,768
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$29,945
Earnings (4yr)
$115,514
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$318k
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Median Debt
$57,189
Earnings (4yr)
$59,014
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$180k
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Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$67,405
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
-$103k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,050
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$57,866
Earnings (4yr)
$57,475
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
-$195k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Natl Median: $53,024
Lifetime Value Added
-$503k
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Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$71,521
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$49,840
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$249k
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Median Debt
$34,817
Earnings (4yr)
$61,271
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$159k
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Median Debt
$34,166
Earnings (4yr)
$62,123
Natl Median: $61,300
Lifetime Value Added
-$151k
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Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $113,566
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$185,250
Earnings (4yr)
$114,287
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
+$87k
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Median Debt
$55,004
Earnings (4yr)
$120,720
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$134k
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Median Debt
$52,753
Earnings (4yr)
$84,791
Natl Median: $92,854
Lifetime Value Added
-$132k
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Median Debt
$128,108
Earnings (4yr)
$80,390
Natl Median: $82,893
Lifetime Value Added
-$165k
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Median Debt
$42,946
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,301
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 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.