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The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, TN 30,418 Undergrads 72.1% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$35,064
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$18,314
After Aid
Median Earnings
$68,384
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$18,314
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$68,384
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$65,090
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate72.1%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)20.8
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients20.6%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time97.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS78.3%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
41.6%
SAT Avg
1,311
SAT Reading
25th: 60064075th: 680
SAT Math
25th: 60064075th: 690
ACT Composite
25th: 252875th: 31

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
+$595k
+$125k
+$108k
Median Cost$18k/yr
+$529k
+$59k
+$43k
Full Cost$35k/yr
+$469k
-$1k
-$18k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
32
∞
Median Cost$18k/yr
44
65%
Full Cost$35k/yr
Never
-14%
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 Return66%

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-40%

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 →

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$89,445
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$214k
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Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$89,015
Natl Median: $98,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$211k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,769
Natl Median: $66,647
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$85,141
Natl Median: $84,624
Lifetime Value Added
+$181k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$52,060
Natl Median: $54,152
Lifetime Value Added
-$79k
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Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$15,155
Earnings (4yr)
$49,656
Natl Median: $49,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
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Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (4yr)
$41,767
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$167k
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Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$68,765
Natl Median: $66,914
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
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Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$19,750
Earnings (4yr)
$58,149
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$29k
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Median Debt
$22,750
Earnings (4yr)
$69,476
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
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Median Debt
$17,000
Earnings (4yr)
$82,074
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$80,415
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$145k
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Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (4yr)
$91,643
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$231k
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Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$16,750
Earnings (4yr)
$79,736
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$140k
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Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$19,280
Earnings (4yr)
$80,958
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$149k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,429
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,975
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,500
Earnings (4yr)
$57,394
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
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Median Debt
$12,629
Earnings (4yr)
$59,347
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$105,834
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$339k
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Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$106,312
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$343k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$69,047
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$41,414
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$170k
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Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$19,297
Earnings (4yr)
$67,902
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$49k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$93,642
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$246k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$46,366
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$128k
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Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,185
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$63,996
Natl Median: $53,262
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
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Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$83,793
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$171k
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Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$34,609
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$229k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$68,114
Natl Median: $70,873
Lifetime Value Added
+$51k
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Forestry
BachCIP: 0305
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$57,436
Natl Median: $58,784
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
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Median Debt
$15,625
Earnings (4yr)
$54,656
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
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Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
$50,202
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
-$95k
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History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$16,772
Earnings (4yr)
$52,505
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
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Median Debt
$11,500
Earnings (4yr)
$58,854
Natl Median: $56,726
Lifetime Value Added
-$23k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$49,785
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
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Median Debt
$23,125
Earnings (4yr)
$63,005
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
+$10k
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Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$107,093
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$349k
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Median Debt
$24,500
Earnings (4yr)
$65,144
Natl Median: $60,369
Lifetime Value Added
+$28k
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Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (4yr)
$52,663
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$52,703
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$92,042
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
+$234k
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Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$70,661
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$71k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$86,002
Natl Median: $91,449
Lifetime Value Added
+$175k
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Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$50,605
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
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Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (4yr)
$90,623
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$223k
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Median Debt
$15,077
Earnings (4yr)
$56,155
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
-$45k
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Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$25,630
Earnings (4yr)
$46,701
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$125k
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Nuclear Engineering
BachCIP: 1423
Median Debt
$18,642
Earnings (4yr)
$99,139
Natl Median: $99,297
Lifetime Value Added
+$288k
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Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
$16,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,972
Natl Median: $60,053
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
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Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,329
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
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Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$20,375
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Plant Sciences
BachCIP: 0111
Median Debt
$16,264
Earnings (4yr)
$61,587
Natl Median: $56,567
Lifetime Value Added
-$938
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$60,073
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$13k
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Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$49,003
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$105k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$63,314
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
+$13k
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Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$77,118
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$120k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$24,615
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
-$308k
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Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$48,510
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$109k
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Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$53,635
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$66k
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Soil Sciences
BachCIP: 0112
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$88,563
Natl Median: $62,122
Lifetime Value Added
+$207k
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Median Debt
$16,625
Earnings (4yr)
$50,585
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$18,875
Earnings (4yr)
$57,020
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
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Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$83,697
Natl Median: $92,425
Lifetime Value Added
+$170k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,887
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,458
Earnings (4yr)
$48,882
Natl Median: $45,338
Lifetime Value Added
-$106k
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Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$112,249
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$315k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $122,434
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,332
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,410
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$25,125
Earnings (4yr)
$58,999
Natl Median: $59,544
Lifetime Value Added
-$156k
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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
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$80,119
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
+$20k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,271
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,545
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $106,375
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$132,036
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$486k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $97,526
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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)
$88,162
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$104k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$60,295
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$144k
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Median Debt
$27,312
Earnings (2yr)
$38,289
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
-$342k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $136,736
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$135,764
Natl Median: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
+$518k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,978
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,527
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering Science
MastCIP: 1413
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,681
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering, Other
MastCIP: 1499
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $129,974
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 (5yr)
$60,532
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
-$153k
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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: $79,784
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,463
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,357
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$55,719
Natl Median: $58,524
Lifetime Value Added
-$187k
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Median Debt
$30,013
Earnings (5yr)
$73,799
Natl Median: $83,558
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
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Median Debt
$21,528
Earnings (4yr)
$150,903
Natl Median: $119,184
Lifetime Value Added
+$649k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,306
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$29,050
Earnings (4yr)
$58,578
Natl Median: $56,301
Lifetime Value Added
-$160k
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Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$123,330
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
+$411k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,282
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
MastCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$71,818
Natl Median: $72,654
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$112,342
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
+$315k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $84,750
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$53,019
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
-$213k
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Nuclear Engineering
MastCIP: 1423
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$106,136
Natl Median: $117,400
Lifetime Value Added
+$261k
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Nutrition Sciences
MastCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$67,883
Natl Median: $67,126
Lifetime Value Added
-$86k
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Philosophy
MastCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,272
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
Psychology, General
MastCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,711
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$72,158
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$82,094
Natl Median: $93,020
Lifetime Value Added
+$51k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$120,482
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$386k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,728
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$31,535
Earnings (4yr)
$55,624
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$188k
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Sociology
MastCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,330
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Soil Sciences
MastCIP: 0112
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,016
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,810
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$167k
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Statistics
MastCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,816
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,750
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$177k
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Median Debt
$23,794
Earnings (4yr)
$51,494
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
-$228k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,299
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$79,674
Natl Median: $65,509
Lifetime Value Added
+$98k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,288
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $129,570
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $121,041
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering, Other
Gr-CertCIP: 1499
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,828
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,168
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities
Gr-CertCIP: 5132
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,957
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,899
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Policy Analysis
Gr-CertCIP: 4405
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,781
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $126,911
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
Gr-CertCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (5yr)
$51,461
Natl Median: $69,362
Lifetime Value Added
-$177k
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Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,660
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,683
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,096
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,848
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $113,566
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,110
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)
$114,312
Natl Median: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
+$135k
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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: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,931
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
DocCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $178,476
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $97,173
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
DocCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$77,153
Natl Median: $87,373
Lifetime Value Added
-$141k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $157,305
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering, Other
DocCIP: 1499
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$113,720
Natl Median: $140,028
Lifetime Value Added
+$130k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,469
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,039
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: $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 (5yr)
$91,012
Natl Median: $89,656
Lifetime Value Added
-$51k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,070
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,435
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $87,076
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$132,400
Natl Median: $143,572
Lifetime Value Added
+$249k
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Nutrition Sciences
DocCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,750
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
Plant Sciences
DocCIP: 0111
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,502
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,908
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$108,390
Natl Median: $98,707
Lifetime Value Added
+$91k
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Median Debt
$60,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
DocCIP: 4407
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
DocCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,618
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
DocCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,993
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $83,794
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Professional Degrees

Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (4yr)
$103,272
Natl Median: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$53k
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Veterinary Medicine
ProfCIP: 0180
Median Debt
$168,533
Earnings (4yr)
$123,713
Natl Median: $131,316
Lifetime Value Added
+$204k
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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.