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Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA 1,492 Undergrads 68.5% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$56,183
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$22,204
After Aid
Median Earnings
$53,942
4yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$22,204
Peer Midpoint: $20,080.5
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$53,942
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Graduation Rate68.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients30.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time93.4%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS72.0%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
79.5%
SAT Avg
1,117
SAT Reading
25th: 510-75th: 620
SAT Math
25th: 510-75th: 620
ACT Composite
25th: 19-75th: 27
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
+$486k
+$19k
+$2k
Median Cost$22k/yr
+$406k
-$60k
-$78k
Full Cost$56k/yr
+$284k
-$183k
-$200k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
61
∞
Median Cost$22k/yr
Never
-98%
Full Cost$56k/yr
Never
-99%
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 Return-89%
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-86%
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
Design and Applied Arts
CertCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $36,116
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CertCIP: 5213
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $84,309
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Religion/Religious Studies
CertCIP: 3802
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,391
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,276
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$112,793
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$376k
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
BachCIP: 5010
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,240
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$70,848
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$74,675
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$85k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
BachCIP: 5110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,975
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$25,967
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$309k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$55,547
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
-$46k
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
BachCIP: 1110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,063
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,609
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$56k
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
BachCIP: 5131
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,753
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$34,890
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$240k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
BachCIP: 5207
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
BachCIP: 5100
Median Debt
$26,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,726
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Human Resources Management and Services
BachCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$65,388
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
+$14k
Human Services, General
BachCIP: 4400
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,565
Natl Median: $48,597
Lifetime Value Added
-$240k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,156
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
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
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$43,426
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$166k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
BachCIP: 5123
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$41,036
Natl Median: $55,792
Lifetime Value Added
-$194k
Religion/Religious Studies
BachCIP: 3802
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Security Science and Technology
BachCIP: 4304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,060
Natl Median: $57,805
Lifetime Value Added
-$226k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$26,721
Earnings (4yr)
$59,841
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$30k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$47,328
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$133k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$23,649
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$330k
Post-Baccalaureate Certificates
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
PB-CertCIP: 5105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $231,133
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Master's Degrees
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
MastCIP: 5105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$133,139
Natl Median: $235,700
Lifetime Value Added
+$534k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
MastCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$112,255
Earnings (4yr)
$117,592
Natl Median: $127,347
Lifetime Value Added
+$353k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$31,325
Earnings (4yr)
$79,722
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
MastCIP: 5115
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
MastCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$75,263
Earnings (4yr)
$52,992
Natl Median: $71,416
Lifetime Value Added
-$219k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
MastCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$42,032
Natl Median: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
-$325k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$51,666
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$232k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,088
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$276k
Other Programs
Education, Other
DegCIP: 1399
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,262
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Special Education and Teaching
DegCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,406
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
DegCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,479
Natl Median: $57,802
Lifetime Value Added
-$386k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
DegCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,347
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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 degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.