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Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN 37,806 Undergrads 80.8% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$28,801
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$16,264
After Aid
Median Earnings
$74,511
4yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$16,264
Peer Midpoint: $20,080.5
Earnings (10yr)$74,511
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Graduation Rate80.8%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients16.8%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time97.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS80.1%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
78.2%
SAT Avg
1,313
SAT Reading
25th: 59063075th: 690
SAT Math
25th: 58064075th: 710
ACT Composite
25th: 272975th: 33
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
+$641k
+$181k
+$164k
Median Cost$16k/yr
+$583k
+$123k
+$105k
Full Cost$29k/yr
+$538k
+$78k
+$60k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
29
∞
Median Cost$16k/yr
35
180%
Full Cost$29k/yr
43
58%
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 Return199%
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-0%
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
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1002
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $33,223
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business/Commerce, General
CertCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$105,106
Nat: $60,097
Lifetime Value Added
+$605k
Geography and Cartography
CertCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $58,705
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CertCIP: 1605
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $58,065
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International Relations and National Security Studies
CertCIP: 4509
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$110,686
Nat: $103,583
Lifetime Value Added
+$658k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CertCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$19,841
Earnings (4yr)
$64,345
Nat: $44,906
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CertCIP: 1611
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $58,495
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
CertCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $33,318
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
CertCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $53,933
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1507
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $62,511
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CertCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $53,696
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CertCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $37,647
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Associate's Degrees
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1002
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $35,660
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Human Resources Management and Services
AssocCIP: 5210
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $54,425
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Bachelor's Degrees
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$26,500
Earnings
-
Nat: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$14,375
Earnings (4yr)
$42,707
Nat: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$159k
Apparel and Textiles
BachCIP: 1909
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$77,520
Nat: $57,640
Lifetime Value Added
+$119k
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings
-
Nat: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
BachCIP: 5010
Median Debt
$21,908
Earnings (4yr)
$60,046
Nat: $48,240
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Astronomy and Astrophysics
BachCIP: 4002
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $68,333
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
BachCIP: 4004
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $60,997
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1002
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $44,889
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$22,777
Earnings (4yr)
$78,721
Nat: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
+$128k
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 2699
Median Debt
$22,843
Earnings (4yr)
$65,901
Nat: $65,681
Lifetime Value Added
+$31k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$65,224
Nat: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$25k
Biotechnology
BachCIP: 2612
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $67,097
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$105,583
Nat: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
+$329k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$17,000
Earnings (4yr)
$61,024
Nat: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
-$8k
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1612
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $49,429
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Cognitive Science
BachCIP: 3025
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Nat: $81,496
Lifetime Value Added
-$215k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$63,855
Nat: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
+$15k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$20,250
Earnings (4yr)
$60,199
Nat: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$98,539
Nat: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$276k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$19,366
Earnings (4yr)
$114,199
Nat: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$393k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$16,882
Earnings (4yr)
$57,754
Nat: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $39,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$54,630
Nat: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$21,988
Earnings (4yr)
$41,328
Nat: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$170k
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1603
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$50,989
Nat: $51,642
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
BachCIP: 2613
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$99,653
Nat: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$285k
Education, Other
BachCIP: 1399
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $49,113
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$16,227
Earnings (4yr)
$56,204
Nat: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (4yr)
$48,572
Nat: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$18,302
Earnings (4yr)
$43,816
Nat: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,019
Nat: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$269k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1605
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Nat: $55,459
Lifetime Value Added
-$254k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$19,975
Earnings (4yr)
$58,258
Nat: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$30k
Human Resources Management and Services
BachCIP: 5210
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
$16,832
Earnings (4yr)
$57,806
Nat: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$18,762
Earnings (4yr)
$59,151
Nat: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$23k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$18,000
Earnings (4yr)
$52,020
Nat: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
BachCIP: 1601
Median Debt
$18,635
Earnings (4yr)
$42,321
Nat: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$162k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$20,750
Earnings (4yr)
$89,112
Nat: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$206k
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
BachCIP: 2605
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$69,128
Nat: $62,582
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1611
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $67,612
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$20,539
Earnings (4yr)
$28,727
Nat: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$278k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$18,425
Earnings (4yr)
$55,861
Nat: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$49k
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
BachCIP: 2615
Median Debt
$22,802
Earnings (4yr)
$74,151
Nat: $62,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$94k
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
BachCIP: 3101
Median Debt
$19,261
Earnings (4yr)
$57,334
Nat: $50,983
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Nat: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
-$295k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (2yr)
$42,682
Nat: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
-$137k
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
BachCIP: 2609
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $62,172
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$17,646
Earnings (4yr)
$69,992
Nat: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$62k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$53,867
Nat: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$66k
Public Administration
BachCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$77,422
Nat: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
+$118k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$68,038
Nat: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$47k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
BachCIP: 0907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$44,781
Nat: $50,497
Lifetime Value Added
-$141k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$22,442
Earnings (4yr)
$81,781
Nat: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$151k
Religion/Religious Studies
BachCIP: 3802
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$31,127
Nat: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
-$241k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$61,757
Nat: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1604
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $62,169
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$14,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,994
Nat: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$18,982
Earnings (4yr)
$56,591
Nat: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$52,008
Nat: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$19,400
Earnings (4yr)
$68,675
Nat: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$52k
Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $92,425
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$52,269
Nat: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$79k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$20,295
Earnings (4yr)
$58,390
Nat: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$29k
Zoology/Animal Biology
BachCIP: 2607
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$48,161
Nat: $44,055
Lifetime Value Added
-$113k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$32,000
Earnings (4yr)
$119,951
Nat: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$583k
Apparel and Textiles
MastCIP: 1909
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $64,913
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Area Studies
MastCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $68,936
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
MastCIP: 5010
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$76,388
Nat: $59,685
Lifetime Value Added
+$209k
Astronomy and Astrophysics
MastCIP: 4002
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $76,398
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
MastCIP: 2602
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $80,271
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biotechnology
MastCIP: 2612
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $107,682
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business/Commerce, General
MastCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$161,345
Nat: $125,988
Lifetime Value Added
+$933k
Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
MastCIP: 1612
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $58,499
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
MastCIP: 4228
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$44,384
Nat: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$38,250
Earnings
-
Nat: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computational Science
MastCIP: 3030
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$151,397
Nat: $138,757
Lifetime Value Added
+$849k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
MastCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $124,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
MastCIP: 1110
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $121,855
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
MastCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $49,978
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
MastCIP: 2613
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $82,527
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
MastCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $100,743
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$32,700
Earnings (4yr)
$73,276
Nat: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
+$182k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $70,644
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering, General
MastCIP: 1401
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $120,215
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
MastCIP: 0502
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $62,705
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Fine and Studio Arts
MastCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$35,755
Earnings (4yr)
$43,361
Nat: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
-$94k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
MastCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $79,463
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Human Computer Interaction
MastCIP: 3031
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$127,652
Nat: $115,403
Lifetime Value Added
+$648k
International and Comparative Education
MastCIP: 1307
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $69,445
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International Relations and National Security Studies
MastCIP: 4509
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $95,627
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
MastCIP: 2202
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $101,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Library Science and Administration
MastCIP: 2501
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,119
Nat: $56,301
Lifetime Value Added
-$216
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
MastCIP: 1601
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $58,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
MastCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $72,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
MastCIP: 5115
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$44,312
Nat: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
-$84k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
MastCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$42,422
Earnings (4yr)
$75,331
Nat: $74,607
Lifetime Value Added
+$200k
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
MastCIP: 3101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,051
Nat: $56,313
Lifetime Value Added
+$83k
Philosophy
MastCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $60,272
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
MastCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $96,478
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
MastCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $78,850
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$85,494
Nat: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$288k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$40,849
Earnings (4yr)
$68,228
Nat: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
+$138k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
MastCIP: 0907
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $75,972
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Religion/Religious Studies
MastCIP: 3802
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $57,737
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
MastCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
MastCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $60,728
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
MastCIP: 1604
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $59,877
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
MastCIP: 1309
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $66,129
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$31,497
Earnings (4yr)
$53,836
Nat: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
+$7k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$33,250
Earnings (4yr)
$65,164
Nat: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
+$111k
Statistics
MastCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $123,816
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$59,694
Nat: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$77,765
Nat: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
+$221k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$29,500
Earnings (4yr)
$70,700
Nat: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
+$160k
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
MastCIP: 1314
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $65,767
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Zoology/Animal Biology
MastCIP: 2607
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $60,772
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Graduate Certificates
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Gr-CertCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $94,506
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business/Commerce, General
Gr-CertCIP: 5201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$123,207
Nat: $103,299
Lifetime Value Added
+$723k
Education, Other
Gr-CertCIP: 1399
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $59,921
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
Gr-CertCIP: 1306
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $80,077
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational/Instructional Media Design
Gr-CertCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $75,166
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Gerontology
Gr-CertCIP: 3011
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $61,464
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
Gr-CertCIP: 2202
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $114,740
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Gr-CertCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$119,536
Nat: $65,226
Lifetime Value Added
+$689k
Music
Gr-CertCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$50,885
Earnings
-
Nat: $40,504
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
Gr-CertCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $88,684
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Security Science and Technology
Gr-CertCIP: 4304
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $112,169
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Gr-CertCIP: 1311
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $64,774
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
Gr-CertCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $63,709
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
Gr-CertCIP: 1314
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $71,178
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Doctoral Degrees
Anthropology
DocCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$74,535
Nat: $77,473
Lifetime Value Added
+$54k
Area Studies
DocCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $69,249
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Astronomy and Astrophysics
DocCIP: 4002
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $92,233
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
DocCIP: 2602
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $112,683
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business/Commerce, General
DocCIP: 5201
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $149,621
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
DocCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$148,634
Nat: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
+$591k
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
DocCIP: 1612
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $66,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
DocCIP: 4228
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Cognitive Science
DocCIP: 3025
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $118,884
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication and Media Studies
DocCIP: 0901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$76,868
Nat: $77,931
Lifetime Value Added
+$71k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
DocCIP: 5102
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $88,343
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer and Information Sciences, General
DocCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $154,538
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
DocCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $178,476
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminal Justice and Corrections
DocCIP: 4301
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $86,427
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Curriculum and Instruction
DocCIP: 1303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$61,516
Nat: $83,031
Lifetime Value Added
-$15k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
DocCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $64,704
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
DocCIP: 2613
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $97,173
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
DocCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $135,560
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$101,630
Nat: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$251k
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
DocCIP: 1306
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $99,550
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational/Instructional Media Design
DocCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $89,809
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
DocCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,488
Nat: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
-$6k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
DocCIP: 0502
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $81,271
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Fine and Studio Arts
DocCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $68,718
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Geography and Cartography
DocCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $86,469
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
DocCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $92,039
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
DocCIP: 1605
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $64,725
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
DocCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$53,358
Nat: $70,550
Lifetime Value Added
-$83k
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
DocCIP: 2202
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $113,071
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Library Science and Administration
DocCIP: 2501
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $88,805
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
DocCIP: 1601
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $77,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
DocCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $89,656
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
DocCIP: 2605
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $101,435
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
DocCIP: 1611
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $74,328
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
DocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$64,754
Earnings (4yr)
$53,477
Nat: $59,592
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
DocCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $87,076
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
DocCIP: 2615
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $96,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Pharmacology and Toxicology
DocCIP: 2610
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $108,943
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
DocCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $70,449
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
DocCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $130,153
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
DocCIP: 2609
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $93,640
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
DocCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $90,908
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
DocCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$131,290
Nat: $98,707
Lifetime Value Added
+$466k
Public Administration
DocCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $99,464
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
DocCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$86,342
Nat: $108,962
Lifetime Value Added
+$140k
Public Policy Analysis
DocCIP: 4405
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $119,220
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Religion/Religious Studies
DocCIP: 3802
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $67,164
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
DocCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$45,529
Nat: $69,860
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
DocCIP: 1604
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $59,812
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
DocCIP: 1309
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $88,768
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
DocCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$74,576
Nat: $88,618
Lifetime Value Added
+$87k
Special Education and Teaching
DocCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $90,739
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
DocCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $81,993
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
DocCIP: 1311
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$52,941
Nat: $83,794
Lifetime Value Added
-$86k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
DocCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $85,168
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Professional Degrees
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
ProfCIP: 5102
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$73,446
Nat: $85,242
Lifetime Value Added
+$79k
Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$92,000
Earnings (4yr)
$120,301
Nat: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$387k
Optometry
ProfCIP: 5117
Median Debt
$177,626
Earnings (4yr)
$134,609
Nat: $131,525
Lifetime Value Added
+$490k
Other Programs
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
DegCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings
-
Nat: $56,308
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, 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.