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Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH 44,617 Undergrads 81.0% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$29,320
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$18,292
After Aid
Median Earnings
$60,409
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$18,292
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$60,409
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate81.0%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients20.2%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time93.7%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS79.6%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
50.8%
SAT Avg
1,407
SAT Reading
25th: 65066075th: 720
SAT Math
25th: 68068575th: 760
ACT Composite
25th: 292975th: 32
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
+$520k
+$124k
+$36k
Median Cost$18k/yr
+$454k
+$58k
-$30k
Full Cost$29k/yr
+$415k
+$18k
-$70k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
41
∞
Median Cost$18k/yr
Never
-46%
Full Cost$29k/yr
Never
-66%
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-24%
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
Associate's Degrees
Agricultural Business and Management
AssocCIP: 0101
Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (5yr)
$45,635
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Agricultural Mechanization
AssocCIP: 0102
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$57,967
Lifetime Value Added
+$81k
Agricultural Production Operations
AssocCIP: 0103
Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (5yr)
$41,301
Lifetime Value Added
-$80k
Animal Sciences
AssocCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (5yr)
$51,110
Lifetime Value Added
+$15k
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
AssocCIP: 0106
Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (5yr)
$42,621
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
AssocCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (5yr)
$45,755
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Plant Sciences
AssocCIP: 0111
Median Debt
$11,717
Earnings (5yr)
$50,793
Lifetime Value Added
+$12k
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$22,250
Earnings (5yr)
$89,592
Lifetime Value Added
+$200k
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
BachCIP: 1402
Median Debt
$25,360
Earnings (5yr)
$88,477
Lifetime Value Added
+$192k
Agricultural and Food Products Processing
BachCIP: 0104
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,956
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
Agricultural Business and Management
BachCIP: 0101
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$68,055
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
Agricultural Engineering
BachCIP: 1403
Median Debt
$24,744
Earnings (5yr)
$72,572
Lifetime Value Added
+$72k
Agricultural Public Services
BachCIP: 0108
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$21,052
Lifetime Value Added
-$340k
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 0199
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$87,612
Lifetime Value Added
+$185k
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs
BachCIP: 0113
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$58,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901
Median Debt
$21,731
Earnings (5yr)
$79,569
Lifetime Value Added
+$125k
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
BachCIP: 5108
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$70,008
Lifetime Value Added
+$53k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (5yr)
$68,561
Lifetime Value Added
+$42k
Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$50,455
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$44,620
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Apparel and Textiles
BachCIP: 1909
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$61,223
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$59,837
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
BachCIP: 4004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$27,494
Lifetime Value Added
-$281k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (5yr)
$70,901
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$67,156
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
BachCIP: 1405
Median Debt
$23,125
Earnings (5yr)
$86,881
Lifetime Value Added
+$180k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$85,390
Lifetime Value Added
+$168k
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$19,748
Earnings (5yr)
$65,016
Lifetime Value Added
+$15k
Business/Managerial Economics
BachCIP: 5206
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$82,890
Lifetime Value Added
+$150k
Chemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1407
Median Debt
$20,780
Earnings (5yr)
$97,429
Lifetime Value Added
+$259k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$24,500
Earnings (5yr)
$73,644
Lifetime Value Added
+$80k
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
BachCIP: 0403
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (5yr)
$57,866
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$21,820
Earnings (5yr)
$82,114
Lifetime Value Added
+$144k
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1612
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,060
Lifetime Value Added
-$212k
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
BachCIP: 5110
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (5yr)
$71,648
Lifetime Value Added
+$65k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$19,822
Earnings (5yr)
$63,099
Lifetime Value Added
+$369
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$18,425
Earnings (5yr)
$60,948
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
BachCIP: 0999
Median Debt
$22,375
Earnings (5yr)
$54,611
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$21,076
Earnings (5yr)
$109,946
Lifetime Value Added
+$352k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$106,752
Lifetime Value Added
+$328k
Criminology
BachCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$57,464
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$40,010
Lifetime Value Added
-$188k
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
BachCIP: 5106
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$63,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$21,694
Earnings (5yr)
$69,416
Lifetime Value Added
+$49k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
BachCIP: 5131
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$58,222
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$38,039
Lifetime Value Added
-$205k
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1603
Median Debt
$20,638
Earnings (5yr)
$44,960
Lifetime Value Added
-$147k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (5yr)
$72,851
Lifetime Value Added
+$75k
Education, General
BachCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$40,869
Lifetime Value Added
-$181k
Educational Administration and Supervision
BachCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$21,197
Earnings (5yr)
$38,587
Lifetime Value Added
-$200k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$21,875
Earnings (5yr)
$101,785
Lifetime Value Added
+$291k
Engineering, Other
BachCIP: 1499
Median Debt
$21,750
Earnings (5yr)
$98,765
Lifetime Value Added
+$269k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$45,720
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
BachCIP: 1414
Median Debt
$18,295
Earnings (5yr)
$84,092
Lifetime Value Added
+$159k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
$21,563
Earnings (5yr)
$51,643
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies
BachCIP: 1904
Median Debt
$20,645
Earnings (5yr)
$65,515
Lifetime Value Added
+$19k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
$20,687
Earnings (5yr)
$38,464
Lifetime Value Added
-$201k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$93,666
Lifetime Value Added
+$230k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$25,625
Earnings (5yr)
$41,781
Lifetime Value Added
-$173k
Food Science and Technology
BachCIP: 0110
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$70,674
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1905
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (5yr)
$59,086
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
Genetics
BachCIP: 2608
Median Debt
$20,182
Earnings (5yr)
$62,758
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$62,445
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$50,483
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1605
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$38,337
Lifetime Value Added
-$183k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
BachCIP: 5107
Median Debt
$24,995
Earnings (5yr)
$81,572
Lifetime Value Added
+$140k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$20,250
Earnings (5yr)
$54,863
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
BachCIP: 5111
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$65,856
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$19,838
Earnings (5yr)
$47,823
Lifetime Value Added
-$123k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$56,411
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1907
Median Debt
$19,076
Earnings (5yr)
$52,826
Lifetime Value Added
-$82k
Human Resources Management and Services
BachCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$73,508
Lifetime Value Added
+$79k
Industrial Engineering
BachCIP: 1435
Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (5yr)
$105,342
Lifetime Value Added
+$318k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$90,874
Lifetime Value Added
+$209k
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
$18,384
Earnings (5yr)
$65,732
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$63,824
Lifetime Value Added
+$6k
Landscape Architecture
BachCIP: 0406
Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (5yr)
$60,051
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$49,273
Lifetime Value Added
-$111k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
BachCIP: 1601
Median Debt
$19,798
Earnings (5yr)
$53,401
Lifetime Value Added
-$77k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$91,948
Lifetime Value Added
+$218k
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
BachCIP: 5213
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$82,377
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$20,250
Earnings (5yr)
$80,070
Lifetime Value Added
+$129k
Materials Engineering
BachCIP: 1418
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$92,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$219k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$19,481
Earnings (5yr)
$75,971
Lifetime Value Added
+$98k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$19,932
Earnings (5yr)
$95,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$243k
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
BachCIP: 2605
Median Debt
$19,783
Earnings (5yr)
$65,347
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$17,017
Earnings (5yr)
$45,469
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$38,830
Lifetime Value Added
-$198k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$20,650
Earnings (5yr)
$58,110
Lifetime Value Added
-$39k
Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
$24,812
Earnings (5yr)
$44,703
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
BachCIP: 2615
Median Debt
$21,134
Earnings (5yr)
$63,324
Lifetime Value Added
+$2k
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
$19,342
Earnings (5yr)
$66,038
Lifetime Value Added
+$23k
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
BachCIP: 5120
Median Debt
$19,294
Earnings (5yr)
$76,968
Lifetime Value Added
+$105k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
$20,800
Earnings (5yr)
$47,850
Lifetime Value Added
-$123k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$80,357
Lifetime Value Added
+$131k
Plant Sciences
BachCIP: 0111
Median Debt
$18,281
Earnings (5yr)
$53,324
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$66,909
Lifetime Value Added
+$30k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$51,498
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
Public Administration
BachCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$63,423
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$16,260
Earnings (5yr)
$67,625
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
Real Estate
BachCIP: 5215
Median Debt
$17,323
Earnings (5yr)
$89,863
Lifetime Value Added
+$202k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$18,622
Earnings (5yr)
$79,123
Lifetime Value Added
+$122k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
BachCIP: 5123
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$23,579
Lifetime Value Added
-$317k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$59,003
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$21,668
Earnings (5yr)
$44,646
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$19,143
Earnings (5yr)
$52,440
Lifetime Value Added
-$85k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$24,625
Earnings (5yr)
$49,462
Lifetime Value Added
-$109k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$22,017
Earnings (5yr)
$44,875
Lifetime Value Added
-$147k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$20,829
Earnings (5yr)
$49,306
Lifetime Value Added
-$111k
Zoology/Animal Biology
BachCIP: 2607
Median Debt
$21,375
Earnings (5yr)
$48,205
Lifetime Value Added
-$120k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$101,144
Lifetime Value Added
+$416k
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
MastCIP: 1402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$106,712
Lifetime Value Added
+$463k
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$31,806
Earnings (5yr)
$77,111
Lifetime Value Added
+$209k
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
MastCIP: 2699
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$352,487
Lifetime Value Added
+$2448k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$48,030
Earnings (5yr)
$148,358
Lifetime Value Added
+$817k
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
MastCIP: 0403
Median Debt
$35,500
Earnings (5yr)
$71,671
Lifetime Value Added
+$162k
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$64,493
Lifetime Value Added
+$134k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (5yr)
$56,637
Lifetime Value Added
+$28k
Dentistry
MastCIP: 5104
Median Debt
$162,749
Earnings (5yr)
$312,452
Lifetime Value Added
+$2140k
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (5yr)
$56,128
Lifetime Value Added
+$24k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
MastCIP: 1410
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$116,325
Lifetime Value Added
+$546k
English Language and Literature, General
MastCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$31,133
Lifetime Value Added
-$198k
Finance and Financial Management Services
MastCIP: 5208
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$102,531
Lifetime Value Added
+$427k
Fine and Studio Arts
MastCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$29,800
Lifetime Value Added
-$230k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
MastCIP: 5107
Median Debt
$30,883
Earnings (5yr)
$116,649
Lifetime Value Added
+$548k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$31,086
Earnings (2yr)
$47,729
Lifetime Value Added
-$27k
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
MastCIP: 5199
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,637
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
Human Resources Management and Services
MastCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$38,500
Earnings (5yr)
$109,090
Lifetime Value Added
+$484k
Mechanical Engineering
MastCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$113,806
Lifetime Value Added
+$524k
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$44,971
Lifetime Value Added
-$55k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
MastCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$49,684
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
MastCIP: 5120
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$140,448
Lifetime Value Added
+$823k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$33,500
Earnings (5yr)
$75,518
Lifetime Value Added
+$195k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$40,628
Earnings (5yr)
$76,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$206k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$49,134
Earnings (5yr)
$106,983
Lifetime Value Added
+$466k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
MastCIP: 5123
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$73,520
Lifetime Value Added
+$178k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$38,169
Earnings (5yr)
$58,613
Lifetime Value Added
+$47k
Veterinary Medicine
MastCIP: 0180
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$168,320
Lifetime Value Added
+$986k
Doctoral Degrees
Chemistry
DocCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$124,512
Lifetime Value Added
+$408k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
DocCIP: 5102
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$77,401
Lifetime Value Added
+$100k
Education, General
DocCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$49,485
Earnings (5yr)
$87,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$141k
English Language and Literature, General
DocCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$42,682
Lifetime Value Added
-$181k
History
DocCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$88,495
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
Mechanical Engineering
DocCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$98,743
Lifetime Value Added
+$265k
Music
DocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,866
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
Physics
DocCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$142,800
Lifetime Value Added
+$540k
Psychology, General
DocCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$81,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$133k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
DocCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$39,447
Earnings (5yr)
$138,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$509k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
DocCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (5yr)
$76,317
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
Professional Degrees
Dentistry
ProfCIP: 5104
Median Debt
$207,650
Earnings (5yr)
$171,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$745k
Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$91,529
Earnings (5yr)
$103,227
Lifetime Value Added
+$254k
Medicine
ProfCIP: 5112
Median Debt
$193,467
Earnings (5yr)
$158,548
Lifetime Value Added
+$653k
Optometry
ProfCIP: 5117
Median Debt
$175,334
Earnings (5yr)
$126,861
Lifetime Value Added
+$425k
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
ProfCIP: 5120
Median Debt
$141,078
Earnings (5yr)
$138,247
Lifetime Value Added
+$507k
Veterinary Medicine
ProfCIP: 0180
Median Debt
$192,912
Earnings (5yr)
$117,435
Lifetime Value Added
+$357k
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.