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The University of Tampa
Tampa, FL 10,572 Undergrads 64.3% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$51,614
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$36,211
After Aid
Median Earnings
$62,720
4yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$36,211
Peer Midpoint: $20,080.5
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$62,720
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Graduation Rate64.3%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients15.4%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time98.3%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS74.9%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
40.3%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: -58575th: -
SAT Math
25th: -57075th: -
ACT Composite
25th: -2675th: -
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
+$557k
+$91k
+$73k
Median Cost$36k/yr
+$427k
-$40k
-$57k
Full Cost$52k/yr
+$372k
-$95k
-$113k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
35
∞
Median Cost$36k/yr
Never
-44%
Full Cost$52k/yr
Never
-61%
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-21%
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-68%
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
$24,250
Earnings (4yr)
$84,875
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$113k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,786
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)
$59,432
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$84k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$21,750
Earnings (4yr)
$67,521
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
-$20k
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
BachCIP: 5204
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $28,311
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$55,512
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
BachCIP: 1110
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$99,980
Natl Median: $85,063
Lifetime Value Added
+$228k
Criminology
BachCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$60,742
Natl Median: $55,556
Lifetime Value Added
-$73k
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
BachCIP: 3026
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$28,709
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$344k
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
BachCIP: 2613
Median Debt
$26,449
Earnings (4yr)
$43,683
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
-$215k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$26,937
Earnings (2yr)
$41,565
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
-$218k
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
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$64,034
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$42,090
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
-$228k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$25,250
Earnings (4yr)
$90,485
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$156k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Graphic Communications
BachCIP: 1003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,283
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
BachCIP: 5100
Median Debt
$26,941
Earnings (4yr)
$72,531
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
+$19k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$19,125
Earnings (4yr)
$46,596
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$190k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
$24,601
Earnings (4yr)
$75,090
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
International/Globalization Studies
BachCIP: 3020
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,972
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
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$23,327
Earnings (4yr)
$69,876
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
Mathematics and Computer Science
BachCIP: 3008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $118,943
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$23,948
Earnings (4yr)
$58,754
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$53,744
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$130k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (4yr)
$58,777
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
BachCIP: 0909
Median Debt
$23,375
Earnings (4yr)
$63,368
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
BachCIP: 0907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,497
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$89,223
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
BachCIP: 5123
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,792
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
$17,848
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 (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,805
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$21,030
Earnings (4yr)
$57,474
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$24,589
Earnings (4yr)
$60,364
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$24,250
Earnings (4yr)
$53,942
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$128k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Visual and Performing Arts, General
BachCIP: 5001
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,688
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$98,376
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$160k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$36,180
Earnings (4yr)
$107,130
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$236k
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
MastCIP: 1110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $121,855
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminology
MastCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$28,070
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,647
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$57,893
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
-$199k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$19,529
Earnings (4yr)
$66,099
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$124k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,644
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
MastCIP: 5207
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$90,975
Natl Median: $97,366
Lifetime Value Added
+$95k
Finance and Financial Management Services
MastCIP: 5208
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$82,637
Natl Median: $110,694
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
MastCIP: 5100
Median Debt
$20,502
Earnings (4yr)
$67,472
Natl Median: $78,149
Lifetime Value Added
-$112k
Marketing
MastCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,106
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$39,491
Earnings (4yr)
$114,520
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$301k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
MastCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$50,292
Natl Median: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
-$271k
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.