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New York University
New York, NY 29,430 Undergrads 87.4% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$79,121
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$35,035
After Aid
Median Earnings
$82,509
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$35,035
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$82,509
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate87.4%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients18.9%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time96.8%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS75.2%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
9.4%
SAT Avg
1,527
SAT Reading
25th: 72073575th: 770
SAT Math
25th: 76077575th: 800
ACT Composite
25th: 333475th: 35
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
+$685k
+$289k
+$201k
Median Cost$35k/yr
+$559k
+$162k
+$75k
Full Cost$79k/yr
+$400k
+$4k
-$84k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
28
∞
Median Cost$35k/yr
42
59%
Full Cost$79k/yr
Never
-30%
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 Return35%
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-54%
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
Economics
CertCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$123,668
Lifetime Value Added
+$760k
History
CertCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$75,506
Lifetime Value Added
+$302k
Political Science and Government
CertCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$91,192
Lifetime Value Added
+$452k
Psychology, General
CertCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$87,383
Lifetime Value Added
+$416k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CertCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$72,766
Lifetime Value Added
+$276k
Associate's Degrees
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
AssocCIP: 5106
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (5yr)
$62,688
Lifetime Value Added
+$94k
Bachelor's Degrees
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$61,922
Lifetime Value Added
-$69k
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (2yr)
$21,052
Lifetime Value Added
-$400k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$20,746
Earnings (5yr)
$76,993
Lifetime Value Added
+$45k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$68,813
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
BachCIP: 5299
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$89,121
Lifetime Value Added
+$136k
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$136,918
Lifetime Value Added
+$491k
Chemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1407
Median Debt
$24,125
Earnings (5yr)
$104,085
Lifetime Value Added
+$248k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$24,125
Earnings (5yr)
$80,938
Lifetime Value Added
+$75k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$21,970
Earnings (5yr)
$95,184
Lifetime Value Added
+$181k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$75,636
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$23,195
Earnings (5yr)
$76,076
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
Community Organization and Advocacy
BachCIP: 4402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$75,604
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$149,736
Lifetime Value Added
+$586k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (5yr)
$108,105
Lifetime Value Added
+$278k
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
$23,004
Earnings (5yr)
$32,847
Lifetime Value Added
-$309k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$21,411
Earnings (5yr)
$31,599
Lifetime Value Added
-$320k
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
BachCIP: 2613
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$70,386
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$19,767
Earnings (5yr)
$105,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$256k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (5yr)
$101,841
Lifetime Value Added
+$231k
Engineering-Related Fields
BachCIP: 1515
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$96,956
Lifetime Value Added
+$195k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$21,519
Earnings (5yr)
$63,792
Lifetime Value Added
-$54k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$56,749
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$84,653
Lifetime Value Added
+$141k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$62,042
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1905
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$75,105
Lifetime Value Added
+$31k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$18,875
Earnings (5yr)
$72,739
Lifetime Value Added
+$13k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$17,905
Earnings (5yr)
$67,176
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$21,069
Earnings (5yr)
$68,008
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
BachCIP: 1601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,281
Lifetime Value Added
-$288k
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
BachCIP: 5213
Median Debt
$17,250
Earnings (2yr)
$76,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$76k
Mathematics and Statistics, Other
BachCIP: 2799
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$86,424
Lifetime Value Added
+$156k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$121,490
Lifetime Value Added
+$378k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$21,140
Earnings (5yr)
$83,656
Lifetime Value Added
+$95k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$34,761
Lifetime Value Added
-$293k
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
BachCIP: 2615
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$65,392
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$76,802
Lifetime Value Added
+$44k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$85,250
Lifetime Value Added
+$107k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$69,629
Lifetime Value Added
-$10k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (2yr)
$41,193
Lifetime Value Added
-$217k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
BachCIP: 0907
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$69,066
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (5yr)
$119,854
Lifetime Value Added
+$365k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$321k
Social Sciences, General
BachCIP: 4501
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$74,002
Lifetime Value Added
+$23k
Social Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 4599
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (2yr)
$49,436
Lifetime Value Added
-$145k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$67,149
Lifetime Value Added
-$29k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$18,875
Earnings (5yr)
$73,086
Lifetime Value Added
+$16k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$18,000
Earnings (5yr)
$75,367
Lifetime Value Added
+$33k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$24,028
Earnings (5yr)
$81,552
Lifetime Value Added
+$79k
Urban Studies/Affairs
BachCIP: 4512
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$80,330
Lifetime Value Added
+$70k
Visual and Performing Arts, Other
BachCIP: 5099
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$65,953
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$33,052
Earnings (5yr)
$141,568
Lifetime Value Added
+$729k
Applied Mathematics
MastCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$172,750
Lifetime Value Added
+$993k
Area Studies
MastCIP: 0501
Median Debt
$34,157
Earnings (5yr)
$64,679
Lifetime Value Added
+$71k
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$94,686
Earnings (5yr)
$95,205
Lifetime Value Added
+$334k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$102,131
Earnings (5yr)
$221,872
Lifetime Value Added
+$1403k
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
MastCIP: 5299
Median Debt
$81,407
Earnings (5yr)
$115,070
Lifetime Value Added
+$504k
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
MastCIP: 0403
Median Debt
$74,287
Earnings (5yr)
$95,879
Lifetime Value Added
+$340k
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$103,711
Lifetime Value Added
+$407k
Communication and Media Studies
MastCIP: 0901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$76,505
Lifetime Value Added
+$173k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$124,910
Earnings (5yr)
$82,289
Lifetime Value Added
+$223k
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
MastCIP: 0999
Median Debt
$111,496
Earnings (5yr)
$88,458
Lifetime Value Added
+$276k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
MastCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$67,000
Earnings (5yr)
$196,380
Lifetime Value Added
+$1193k
Computer Software and Media Applications
MastCIP: 1108
Median Debt
$96,562
Earnings (5yr)
$98,313
Lifetime Value Added
+$361k
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
MastCIP: 1110
Median Debt
$71,635
Earnings (5yr)
$169,668
Lifetime Value Added
+$967k
Construction Engineering
MastCIP: 1433
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$88,198
Lifetime Value Added
+$320k
Dance
MastCIP: 5003
Median Debt
$107,374
Earnings (5yr)
$46,428
Lifetime Value Added
-$98k
Design and Applied Arts
MastCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$54,350
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
MastCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$97,383
Earnings (5yr)
$59,636
Lifetime Value Added
+$25k
Economics
MastCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$78,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$230k
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$80,366
Earnings (5yr)
$70,019
Lifetime Value Added
+$117k
Education, Other
MastCIP: 1399
Median Debt
$63,250
Earnings (5yr)
$73,437
Lifetime Value Added
+$147k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$84,653
Lifetime Value Added
+$288k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$100,387
Lifetime Value Added
+$378k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
MastCIP: 1410
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$137,728
Lifetime Value Added
+$697k
English Language and Literature, General
MastCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$71,936
Lifetime Value Added
+$134k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
MastCIP: 5006
Median Debt
$168,162
Earnings (5yr)
$46,519
Lifetime Value Added
-$98k
Finance and Financial Management Services
MastCIP: 5208
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$126,504
Lifetime Value Added
+$667k
Fine and Studio Arts
MastCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$93,840
Earnings (5yr)
$49,864
Lifetime Value Added
-$66k
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
MastCIP: 1905
Median Debt
$77,472
Earnings (5yr)
$76,175
Lifetime Value Added
+$170k
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
MastCIP: 1699
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$41,565
Lifetime Value Added
-$121k
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
MastCIP: 5218
Median Debt
$103,955
Earnings (5yr)
$144,523
Lifetime Value Added
+$754k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
MastCIP: 5107
Median Debt
$103,597
Earnings (5yr)
$122,643
Lifetime Value Added
+$569k
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$71,720
Lifetime Value Added
+$132k
Hospitality Administration/Management
MastCIP: 5209
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$78,121
Lifetime Value Added
+$187k
Human Resources Management and Services
MastCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$75,192
Earnings (5yr)
$120,223
Lifetime Value Added
+$548k
International Relations and National Security Studies
MastCIP: 4509
Median Debt
$102,482
Earnings (5yr)
$86,077
Lifetime Value Added
+$255k
Legal Professions and Studies, Other
MastCIP: 2299
Median Debt
$96,845
Earnings (5yr)
$216,714
Lifetime Value Added
+$1361k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
MastCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$81,615
Earnings (5yr)
$85,021
Lifetime Value Added
+$246k
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$103,403
Earnings (2yr)
$28,443
Lifetime Value Added
-$257k
Nutrition Sciences
MastCIP: 3019
Median Debt
$83,464
Earnings (5yr)
$76,652
Lifetime Value Added
+$174k
Political Science and Government
MastCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$39,927
Lifetime Value Added
-$137k
Psychology, Other
MastCIP: 4299
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$45,529
Lifetime Value Added
-$80k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$75,234
Earnings (5yr)
$109,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$456k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$94,349
Lifetime Value Added
+$326k
Publishing
MastCIP: 0910
Median Debt
$119,934
Earnings (5yr)
$63,087
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
MastCIP: 0907
Median Debt
$64,329
Earnings (5yr)
$70,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$119k
Real Estate
MastCIP: 5215
Median Debt
$84,767
Earnings (5yr)
$161,289
Lifetime Value Added
+$896k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$67,284
Earnings (5yr)
$146,089
Lifetime Value Added
+$767k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
MastCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$130,750
Earnings (5yr)
$76,606
Lifetime Value Added
+$174k
Research and Experimental Psychology
MastCIP: 4227
Median Debt
$124,403
Earnings (5yr)
$74,754
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
MastCIP: 2313
Median Debt
$44,551
Earnings (5yr)
$61,865
Lifetime Value Added
+$45k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
MastCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$63,005
Lifetime Value Added
+$90k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$78,508
Earnings (5yr)
$70,815
Lifetime Value Added
+$124k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$104,833
Earnings (5yr)
$75,417
Lifetime Value Added
+$164k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$44,027
Earnings (5yr)
$71,948
Lifetime Value Added
+$134k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$67,044
Earnings (5yr)
$74,329
Lifetime Value Added
+$154k
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
MastCIP: 1314
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$79,054
Lifetime Value Added
+$195k
Visual and Performing Arts, Other
MastCIP: 5099
Median Debt
$88,009
Earnings (5yr)
$63,944
Lifetime Value Added
+$64k
Graduate Certificates
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
Gr-CertCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$55,220
Lifetime Value Added
+$64k
Doctoral Degrees
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
DocCIP: 5138
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$126,504
Lifetime Value Added
+$418k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
DocCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$167,958
Earnings (5yr)
$97,970
Lifetime Value Added
+$155k
Professional Degrees
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
ProfCIP: 5105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$230,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$1102k
Dentistry
ProfCIP: 5104
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$133,663
Lifetime Value Added
+$414k
Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$246,348
Lifetime Value Added
+$1208k
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.