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Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN 44,503 Undergrads 79.0% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$25,610
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$14,851
After Aid
Median Earnings
$81,507
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$14,851
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$81,507
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$80,082
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate79.0%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)20.0
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients14.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time94.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS86.6%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
49.9%
SAT Avg
1,364
SAT Reading
25th: 60066075th: 720
SAT Math
25th: 60069075th: 760
ACT Composite
25th: 273175th: 34

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

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
+$694k
+$224k
+$207k
Median Cost$15k/yr
+$640k
+$170k
+$154k
Full Cost$26k/yr
+$602k
+$131k
+$115k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
28
∞
Median Cost$15k/yr
32
288%
Full Cost$26k/yr
36
125%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the median earnings five years after graduating, with four years of 2% raises taken out.
  • 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 Return327%

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 Return41%

Program ROI Analysis

These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →

Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,006
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$17,813
Earnings (4yr)
$89,788
Natl Median: $47,440
Lifetime Value Added
Not scored

Not scored. Graduates of this program earn more than graduates of the school's bachelor's degree in the same field, and about 1.9× the national median for this credential. That usually means students arrived already holding a degree or years of work experience. Our model assumes a student starting right after high school, so it can't measure what this program added. Earnings are as reported by the College Scorecard. Run it with your own cost and expected pay →

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $31,337
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
CertCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$15,375
Earnings (4yr)
$67,460
Natl Median: $47,863
Lifetime Value Added
+$260k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,294
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$17,164
Earnings (4yr)
$105,733
Natl Median: $44,906
Lifetime Value Added
Not scored

Not scored. Graduates of this program earn more than graduates of the school's bachelor's degree in the same field, and about 2.4× the national median for this credential. That usually means students arrived already holding a degree or years of work experience. Our model assumes a student starting right after high school, so it can't measure what this program added. Earnings are as reported by the College Scorecard. Run it with your own cost and expected pay →

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,561
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$17,375
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,773
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,460
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$90,119
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$232k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$97,332
Natl Median: $98,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$287k
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Median Debt
$12,200
Earnings (4yr)
$65,900
Natl Median: $66,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$46k
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Median Debt
$22,153
Earnings (4yr)
$86,306
Natl Median: $84,624
Lifetime Value Added
+$203k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,393
Natl Median: $71,278
Lifetime Value Added
+$104k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$71,868
Natl Median: $53,588
Lifetime Value Added
+$92k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,152
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,676
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$86,161
Natl Median: $85,825
Lifetime Value Added
+$202k
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Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$19,250
Earnings (4yr)
$54,089
Natl Median: $49,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$50k
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Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$14,875
Earnings (4yr)
$55,624
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,494
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Applied Mathematics
BachCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,282
Earnings (4yr)
$97,594
Natl Median: $82,320
Lifetime Value Added
+$289k
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Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,997
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,669
Earnings (4yr)
$67,639
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,891
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$18,716
Earnings (4yr)
$58,225
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
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Median Debt
$18,458
Earnings (4yr)
$93,434
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$257k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$57,530
Natl Median: $49,245
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$81,040
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$162k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,697
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$104,514
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$342k
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Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$17,000
Earnings (4yr)
$67,680
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
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Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$90,873
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$238k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,477
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$75,421
Natl Median: $75,975
Lifetime Value Added
+$108k
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Median Debt
$16,750
Earnings (4yr)
$65,517
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
+$43k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$59,050
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
-$9k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$99,896
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$306k
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Median Debt
$19,494
Earnings (4yr)
$121,462
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$470k
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Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$16,750
Earnings (4yr)
$146,685
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$659k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$59,766
Natl Median: $58,894
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
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Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$101,108
Natl Median: $97,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$316k
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Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (4yr)
$58,917
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$10k
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Median Debt
$22,499
Earnings (4yr)
$59,649
Natl Median: $55,753
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$49,195
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,642
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$17,826
Earnings (4yr)
$83,195
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$179k
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Education, General
BachCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$18,098
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,808
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$105,396
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$348k
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Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1503
Median Debt
$20,553
Earnings (4yr)
$85,224
Natl Median: $84,599
Lifetime Value Added
+$194k
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Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
BachCIP: 1500
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$62,012
Natl Median: $80,526
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$87,914
Natl Median: $89,619
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
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Engineering, Other
BachCIP: 1499
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$87,331
Natl Median: $93,989
Lifetime Value Added
+$210k
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Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
BachCIP: 1599
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$63,954
Natl Median: $81,678
Lifetime Value Added
+$31k
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Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$52,053
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
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Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (4yr)
$78,770
Natl Median: $81,171
Lifetime Value Added
+$145k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,499
Earnings (4yr)
$69,246
Natl Median: $64,926
Lifetime Value Added
+$72k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,460
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,499
Earnings (4yr)
$52,105
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
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Median Debt
$18,432
Earnings (4yr)
$85,924
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$200k
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Median Debt
$23,849
Earnings (5yr)
$37,521
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$198k
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Median Debt
$17,750
Earnings (4yr)
$40,053
Natl Median: $47,243
Lifetime Value Added
-$169k
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Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$75,060
Natl Median: $70,873
Lifetime Value Added
+$117k
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Forestry
BachCIP: 0305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,754
Natl Median: $58,784
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
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Median Debt
$19,043
Earnings (4yr)
$82,441
Natl Median: $75,399
Lifetime Value Added
+$173k
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Genetics
BachCIP: 2608
Median Debt
$16,237
Earnings (5yr)
$54,007
Natl Median: $66,076
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
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Median Debt
$13,979
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,459
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$82,581
Natl Median: $68,245
Lifetime Value Added
+$174k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,928
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
-$77k
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History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$53,708
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k
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Median Debt
$15,875
Earnings (4yr)
$58,861
Natl Median: $56,726
Lifetime Value Added
-$11k
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Median Debt
$17,311
Earnings (4yr)
$49,649
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$87k
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Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
$107,031
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$361k
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Median Debt
$19,553
Earnings (4yr)
$88,474
Natl Median: $80,890
Lifetime Value Added
+$219k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$67,113
Natl Median: $66,387
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$75,713
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
+$110k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$18,771
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$350k
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Median Debt
$18,250
Earnings (4yr)
$93,976
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
+$261k
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Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$15,030
Earnings (4yr)
$84,725
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$191k
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Median Debt
$16,974
Earnings (4yr)
$107,557
Natl Median: $91,449
Lifetime Value Added
+$365k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $118,943
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,453
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
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Median Debt
$19,437
Earnings (4yr)
$86,891
Natl Median: $82,073
Lifetime Value Added
+$207k
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Median Debt
$16,124
Earnings (4yr)
$102,572
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$327k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,582
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$69,768
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
+$76k
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Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Natl Median: $62,451
Lifetime Value Added
-$290k
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Nuclear Engineering
BachCIP: 1423
Median Debt
$25,495
Earnings (5yr)
$101,996
Natl Median: $99,297
Lifetime Value Added
+$307k
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Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,053
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,250
Earnings (5yr)
$74,959
Natl Median: $116,539
Lifetime Value Added
+$105k
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Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (4yr)
$67,505
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$59k
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Plant Sciences
BachCIP: 0111
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,567
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,250
Earnings (4yr)
$71,601
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$90k
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Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$18,505
Earnings (4yr)
$66,892
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$54k
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Median Debt
$16,389
Earnings (4yr)
$80,403
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,562
Earnings (4yr)
$52,170
Natl Median: $55,695
Lifetime Value Added
-$66k
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Median Debt
$16,604
Earnings (4yr)
$49,918
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
-$85k
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Median Debt
$20,727
Earnings (5yr)
$65,444
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,169
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$17,718
Earnings (4yr)
$55,072
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
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Soil Sciences
BachCIP: 0112
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,122
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,308
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$72,724
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$99k
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Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
$18,000
Earnings (4yr)
$104,047
Natl Median: $92,425
Lifetime Value Added
+$338k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,036
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$17,318
Earnings (4yr)
$48,502
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$97k
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Median Debt
$18,528
Earnings (4yr)
$54,559
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$46k
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Median Debt
$17,495
Earnings (4yr)
$45,935
Natl Median: $44,115
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,055
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$18,354
Earnings (4yr)
$131,275
Natl Median: $122,434
Lifetime Value Added
+$486k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$155,217
Natl Median: $90,332
Lifetime Value Added
+$692k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,410
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,544
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Air Transportation
MastCIP: 4901
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$120,421
Natl Median: $110,104
Lifetime Value Added
+$392k
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Animal Sciences
MastCIP: 0109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,394
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Anthropology
MastCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,276
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,913
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$110,606
Natl Median: $108,315
Lifetime Value Added
+$307k
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Area Studies
MastCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,936
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,271
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $106,375
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,090
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$50,549
Earnings (4yr)
$132,747
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$499k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,468
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$87,908
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$108k
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Median Debt
$30,644
Earnings (4yr)
$84,920
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
+$82k
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Median Debt
$29,228
Earnings (4yr)
$73,079
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$140,205
Natl Median: $124,201
Lifetime Value Added
+$563k
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Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $120,083
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,978
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
MastCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$38,792
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,743
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$26,214
Earnings (4yr)
$69,729
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
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Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$137,523
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
+$540k
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Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
MastCIP: 1500
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$122,295
Natl Median: $111,169
Lifetime Value Added
+$408k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $125,651
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering, Other
MastCIP: 1499
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$140,404
Natl Median: $129,974
Lifetime Value Added
+$565k
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Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
MastCIP: 1599
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,422
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,629
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,332
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Forestry
MastCIP: 0305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,463
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,651
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $74,856
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $119,184
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$32,560
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,282
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
MastCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$133,021
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
+$501k
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Nuclear Engineering
MastCIP: 1423
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $117,400
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $129,214
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
MastCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,478
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Plant Sciences
MastCIP: 0111
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,814
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $78,850
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$40,196
Earnings (4yr)
$67,901
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$113,241
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$330k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,216
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Soil Sciences
MastCIP: 0112
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,016
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Statistics
MastCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,816
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $119,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,772
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$85,278
Natl Median: $85,397
Lifetime Value Added
+$170k
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Education, General
Gr-CertCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,448
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,077
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $74,146
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $126,911
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Statistics
Gr-CertCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,297
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,660
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $122,650
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,784
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Animal Sciences
DocCIP: 0109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,778
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Anthropology
DocCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,473
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Area Studies
DocCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,249
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,683
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
DocCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$109,910
Natl Median: $92,983
Lifetime Value Added
+$115k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,848
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,507
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $141,187
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
DocCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$115,831
Natl Median: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
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Civil Engineering
DocCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,931
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,343
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
DocCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $178,476
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
DocCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $135,560
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
DocCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$118,149
Natl Median: $87,373
Lifetime Value Added
+$176k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $157,305
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $171,574
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering, Other
DocCIP: 1499
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $140,028
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,586
Natl Median: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
-$208k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,112
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,003
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Forestry
DocCIP: 0305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,046
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,039
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Gerontology
DocCIP: 3011
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,625
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $130,822
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
DocCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,550
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $97,768
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,538
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $137,148
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $130,845
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
DocCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $89,656
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,070
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $143,572
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Nutrition Sciences
DocCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,750
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $136,696
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
DocCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,449
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
DocCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $130,153
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,908
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
DocCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $108,962
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$32,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $103,410
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
DocCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,618
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Soil Sciences
DocCIP: 0112
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,394
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Statistics
DocCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $156,733
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,436
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Professional Degrees

Median Debt
$110,188
Earnings (4yr)
$135,033
Natl Median: $138,348
Lifetime Value Added
+$300k
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Veterinary Medicine
ProfCIP: 0180
Median Debt
$124,945
Earnings (4yr)
$123,596
Natl Median: $131,316
Lifetime Value Added
+$216k
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Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), 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 decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.