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Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH 16,361 Undergrads 81.9% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$37,218
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$27,662
After Aid
Median Earnings
$55,076
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$27,662
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$55,076
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate81.9%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients11.3%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time97.7%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS77.9%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
82.1%
SAT Avg
1,313
SAT Reading
25th: 61063075th: 690
SAT Math
25th: 60063575th: 690
ACT Composite
25th: 262775th: 31
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
+$478k
+$82k
-$6k
Median Cost$28k/yr
+$379k
-$18k
-$106k
Full Cost$37k/yr
+$344k
-$52k
-$140k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
Never
-∞
Median Cost$28k/yr
Never
-106%
Full Cost$37k/yr
Never
-105%
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-95%
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-82%
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
Business Administration, Management and Operations
AssocCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$41,647
Lifetime Value Added
-$94k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
AssocCIP: 4301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$50,388
Lifetime Value Added
-$9k
Data Processing
AssocCIP: 1103
Median Debt
$20,062
Earnings (2yr)
$39,369
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
AssocCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$16,675
Earnings (5yr)
$45,945
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (5yr)
$92,144
Lifetime Value Added
+$185k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$52,495
Lifetime Value Added
-$118k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (5yr)
$55,643
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$64,703
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
$20,526
Earnings (5yr)
$62,041
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$18,946
Earnings (5yr)
$79,592
Lifetime Value Added
+$91k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$69,675
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
BachCIP: 1405
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (2yr)
$47,260
Lifetime Value Added
-$137k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$24,250
Earnings (5yr)
$102,402
Lifetime Value Added
+$262k
Business/Managerial Economics
BachCIP: 5206
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (5yr)
$100,648
Lifetime Value Added
+$249k
Chemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1407
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$97,829
Lifetime Value Added
+$228k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$19,750
Earnings (5yr)
$59,961
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$53,759
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$87,316
Lifetime Value Added
+$149k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$107,488
Lifetime Value Added
+$300k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$49,697
Lifetime Value Added
-$141k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$67,080
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
BachCIP: 5131
Median Debt
$21,670
Earnings (5yr)
$61,541
Lifetime Value Added
-$46k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$21,964
Lifetime Value Added
-$365k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$24,625
Earnings (5yr)
$92,113
Lifetime Value Added
+$185k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$67,660
Lifetime Value Added
+$33k
Engineering Technology, General
BachCIP: 1500
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$89,458
Lifetime Value Added
+$165k
Engineering-Related Fields
BachCIP: 1515
Median Debt
$26,800
Earnings (2yr)
$74,576
Lifetime Value Added
+$88k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$50,146
Lifetime Value Added
-$137k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$21,788
Earnings (5yr)
$100,641
Lifetime Value Added
+$249k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$41,509
Lifetime Value Added
-$209k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,990
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$53,128
Lifetime Value Added
-$113k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$24,500
Earnings (5yr)
$60,114
Lifetime Value Added
-$57k
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
BachCIP: 5111
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$66,995
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$22,353
Earnings (5yr)
$39,501
Lifetime Value Added
-$226k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$40,517
Lifetime Value Added
-$218k
Interior Architecture
BachCIP: 0405
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$54,021
Lifetime Value Added
-$106k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$61,516
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
$20,475
Earnings (5yr)
$61,057
Lifetime Value Added
-$49k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$61,520
Lifetime Value Added
-$46k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$28,489
Earnings (5yr)
$48,701
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$25,994
Earnings (5yr)
$106,548
Lifetime Value Added
+$293k
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
BachCIP: 5213
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$90,239
Lifetime Value Added
+$171k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (5yr)
$92,085
Lifetime Value Added
+$185k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$24,700
Earnings (5yr)
$86,964
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
BachCIP: 2605
Median Debt
$26,972
Earnings (5yr)
$68,169
Lifetime Value Added
+$6k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$294k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (2yr)
$27,295
Lifetime Value Added
-$316k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$48,449
Lifetime Value Added
-$151k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$64,243
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$54,542
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
Public Administration
BachCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$25,732
Earnings (5yr)
$74,271
Lifetime Value Added
+$51k
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
BachCIP: 0909
Median Debt
$23,500
Earnings (5yr)
$79,160
Lifetime Value Added
+$88k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
BachCIP: 0907
Median Debt
$23,681
Earnings (5yr)
$81,064
Lifetime Value Added
+$102k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$24,807
Earnings (5yr)
$69,112
Lifetime Value Added
+$13k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$53,086
Lifetime Value Added
-$113k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$20,702
Earnings (5yr)
$50,825
Lifetime Value Added
-$132k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$49,179
Lifetime Value Added
-$145k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$54,109
Lifetime Value Added
-$105k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$46,116
Lifetime Value Added
-$171k
Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
$23,875
Earnings (2yr)
$63,005
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
Sustainability Studies
BachCIP: 3033
Median Debt
$22,370
Earnings (5yr)
$64,054
Lifetime Value Added
-$26k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (5yr)
$47,204
Lifetime Value Added
-$162k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$23,647
Earnings (5yr)
$47,090
Lifetime Value Added
-$163k
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
BachCIP: 1314
Median Debt
$24,500
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Lifetime Value Added
-$255k
Zoology/Animal Biology
BachCIP: 2607
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (5yr)
$49,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$141k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$87,546
Lifetime Value Added
+$282k
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$52,107
Lifetime Value Added
-$1k
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$19,876
Earnings (5yr)
$54,624
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (5yr)
$132,171
Lifetime Value Added
+$663k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$62,522
Lifetime Value Added
+$65k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$8,973
Earnings (5yr)
$86,863
Lifetime Value Added
+$276k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$26,119
Earnings (5yr)
$51,153
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$32,232
Earnings (5yr)
$51,997
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$37,310
Earnings (2yr)
$47,260
Lifetime Value Added
-$49k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$60,995
Lifetime Value Added
+$51k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$60,936
Lifetime Value Added
+$51k
Zoology/Animal Biology
MastCIP: 2607
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$54,522
Lifetime Value Added
-$8k
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.