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Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ 6,036 Undergrads 69.6% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$68,263
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$31,446
After Aid
Median Earnings
$76,919
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$31,446
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$76,919
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$70,196
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate69.6%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age20.4
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients31.8%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time97.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS80.8%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
73.3%
SAT Avg
1,322
SAT Reading
25th: 62064075th: 700
SAT Math
25th: 60064575th: 690
ACT Composite
25th: 272975th: 32

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
+$667k
+$200k
+$182k
Median Cost$31k/yr
+$554k
+$87k
+$69k
Full Cost$68k/yr
+$421k
-$46k
-$63k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
28
∞
Median Cost$31k/yr
42
61%
Full Cost$68k/yr
Never
-26%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation 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 Return43%

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-51%
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, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$24,413
Earnings (4yr)
$102,626
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$265k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Applied Mathematics
BachCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$19,250
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$20,276
Earnings (4yr)
$93,200
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$194k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,544
Earnings (4yr)
$92,079
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$185k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,429
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$44,374
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$191k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$70,611
Natl Median: $55,384
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$55,265
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$51,509
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$131k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$21,456
Earnings (4yr)
$72,304
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$34k
Median Debt
$24,188
Earnings (4yr)
$65,714
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$17k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$89,994
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$169k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$24,750
Earnings (4yr)
$59,445
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$66k
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$67,525
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$71,949
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
+$31k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$67,522
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$101,578
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
+$257k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$77,940
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$77k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$65,075
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
$19,250
Earnings (4yr)
$70,628
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$22,250
Earnings (4yr)
$77,851
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$76k
Median Debt
$23,750
Earnings (4yr)
$63,814
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$55,501
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$98k
Median Debt
$18,969
Earnings (4yr)
$70,802
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
Median Debt
$26,058
Earnings (4yr)
$67,192
Natl Median: $50,497
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
Median Debt
$22,250
Earnings (4yr)
$95,699
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$213k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$23,783
Earnings (4yr)
$63,559
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$61,124
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$62k
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$72,067
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$25,125
Earnings (4yr)
$77,835
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$76k
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$62,399
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$43k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,535
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$29,000
Earnings (4yr)
$116,720
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$328k
Median Debt
$78,936
Earnings (4yr)
$132,769
Natl Median: $127,347
Lifetime Value Added
+$467k
Area Studies
MastCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,936
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: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$55,666
Earnings (4yr)
$67,563
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$102k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$74,479
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
Median Debt
$76,292
Earnings (4yr)
$74,497
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$40,298
Earnings (4yr)
$92,452
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
+$116k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$57,651
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
-$192k
Median Debt
$51,250
Earnings (4yr)
$125,005
Natl Median: $110,694
Lifetime Value Added
+$400k
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$92,958
Natl Median: $89,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$121k
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$30,625
Earnings (4yr)
$128,177
Natl Median: $83,558
Lifetime Value Added
+$428k
Median Debt
$53,152
Earnings (4yr)
$89,431
Natl Median: $95,627
Lifetime Value Added
+$90k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,855
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$47,995
Earnings (4yr)
$131,892
Natl Median: $101,000
Lifetime Value Added
+$460k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,716
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $106,092
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
MastCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,106
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$56,234
Earnings (4yr)
$67,149
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
-$106k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $84,750
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$46,449
Natl Median: $53,692
Lifetime Value Added
-$308k
Psychology, General
MastCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$63,334
Natl Median: $64,711
Lifetime Value Added
-$151k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$83,480
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,125
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$55,040
Earnings (4yr)
$116,553
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$327k
Median Debt
$78,900
Earnings (4yr)
$79,485
Natl Median: $71,416
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,216
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$60,500
Earnings (4yr)
$68,884
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$90k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$49,432
Earnings (4yr)
$63,471
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$139k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$47,260
Natl Median: $61,300
Lifetime Value Added
-$273k

Doctoral Degrees

Chemistry
DocCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$53,913
Earnings (4yr)
$131,664
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $130,822
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$87,695
Earnings (4yr)
$95,357
Natl Median: $82,893
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k

Professional Degrees

Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$115,179
Earnings (4yr)
$136,424
Natl Median: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$250k

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.