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Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI 12,450 Undergrads 60.3% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$25,016
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$13,584
After Aid
Median Earnings
$58,612
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$13,584
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$58,612
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate60.3%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients30.6%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time81.2%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS75.8%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
70.2%
SAT Avg
1,110
SAT Reading
25th: 52055575th: 620
SAT Math
25th: 47554575th: 565
ACT Composite
25th: -2575th: -
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
+$506k
+$110k
+$22k
Median Cost$14k/yr
+$457k
+$61k
-$27k
Full Cost$25k/yr
+$416k
+$20k
-$68k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
46
∞
Median Cost$14k/yr
Never
-56%
Full Cost$25k/yr
Never
-76%
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-38%
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-60%
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
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$22,292
Earnings (5yr)
$81,191
Lifetime Value Added
+$154k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (2yr)
$53,358
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$40,417
Lifetime Value Added
-$168k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$61,384
Lifetime Value Added
+$4k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$24,200
Earnings (5yr)
$50,615
Lifetime Value Added
-$83k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$25,647
Earnings (5yr)
$79,949
Lifetime Value Added
+$145k
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$69,586
Lifetime Value Added
+$67k
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
BachCIP: 5110
Median Debt
$26,239
Earnings (5yr)
$67,395
Lifetime Value Added
+$50k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (5yr)
$52,793
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$95,581
Lifetime Value Added
+$262k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$25,783
Earnings (5yr)
$99,893
Lifetime Value Added
+$294k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$23,625
Earnings (5yr)
$56,446
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
$27,500
Earnings (2yr)
$24,421
Lifetime Value Added
-$292k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$45,569
Lifetime Value Added
-$125k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$26,678
Earnings (5yr)
$31,830
Lifetime Value Added
-$241k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$42,682
Lifetime Value Added
-$127k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$25,971
Earnings (5yr)
$102,740
Lifetime Value Added
+$315k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$25,418
Earnings (5yr)
$52,242
Lifetime Value Added
-$69k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$27,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$277k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$22,423
Earnings (5yr)
$91,917
Lifetime Value Added
+$234k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$31,247
Lifetime Value Added
-$246k
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 5199
Median Debt
$23,432
Earnings (5yr)
$54,946
Lifetime Value Added
-$48k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$22,250
Earnings (5yr)
$45,903
Lifetime Value Added
-$122k
Homeland Security
BachCIP: 4303
Median Debt
$15,648
Earnings (5yr)
$81,891
Lifetime Value Added
+$159k
Human Resources Management and Services
BachCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$24,125
Earnings (5yr)
$67,094
Lifetime Value Added
+$48k
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,428
Lifetime Value Added
-$12k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$25,212
Earnings (5yr)
$49,213
Lifetime Value Added
-$94k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$23,780
Earnings (5yr)
$61,563
Lifetime Value Added
+$5k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$85,514
Lifetime Value Added
+$186k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$24,125
Earnings (5yr)
$65,296
Lifetime Value Added
+$34k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$39,729
Lifetime Value Added
-$153k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$101,107
Lifetime Value Added
+$303k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$19,187
Earnings (5yr)
$57,419
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$31,851
Lifetime Value Added
-$224k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$51,252
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (5yr)
$49,500
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$31,000
Earnings (5yr)
$72,819
Lifetime Value Added
+$91k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$20,641
Earnings (5yr)
$78,122
Lifetime Value Added
+$131k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
$22,894
Earnings (5yr)
$32,718
Lifetime Value Added
-$233k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$24,856
Earnings (2yr)
$31,127
Lifetime Value Added
-$231k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$50,800
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$20,333
Earnings (5yr)
$51,583
Lifetime Value Added
-$75k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$27,542
Earnings (5yr)
$45,473
Lifetime Value Added
-$125k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,899
Lifetime Value Added
-$72k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$23,015
Earnings (5yr)
$103,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$444k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$25,785
Earnings (5yr)
$128,302
Lifetime Value Added
+$656k
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
MastCIP: 1110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$80,391
Lifetime Value Added
+$288k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$27,267
Earnings (5yr)
$58,606
Lifetime Value Added
+$55k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
MastCIP: 1410
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$127,725
Lifetime Value Added
+$651k
Engineering-Related Fields
MastCIP: 1515
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$103,078
Lifetime Value Added
+$495k
Human Resources Management and Services
MastCIP: 5210
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$84,147
Lifetime Value Added
+$278k
Mechanical Engineering
MastCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$118,643
Lifetime Value Added
+$574k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$46,967
Earnings (5yr)
$80,728
Lifetime Value Added
+$249k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$37,302
Earnings (5yr)
$86,512
Lifetime Value Added
+$299k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$44,928
Earnings (5yr)
$132,101
Lifetime Value Added
+$688k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$36,989
Earnings (5yr)
$61,788
Lifetime Value Added
+$84k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$49,875
Earnings (5yr)
$60,137
Lifetime Value Added
+$69k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$38,801
Earnings (5yr)
$54,857
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$33,079
Earnings (5yr)
$63,969
Lifetime Value Added
+$104k
Doctoral Degrees
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$37,444
Earnings (5yr)
$106,059
Lifetime Value Added
+$291k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
DocCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$93,047
Earnings (5yr)
$79,067
Lifetime Value Added
+$95k
Professional Degrees
Medicine
ProfCIP: 5112
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$132,561
Lifetime Value Added
+$483k
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.