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The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX 30,580 Undergrads 60.6% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$24,626
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$9,872
After Aid
Median Earnings
$61,813
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$9,872
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$61,813
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$60,704
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate60.6%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)21.7
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients47.7%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time75.4%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS72.5%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
86.8%
SAT Avg
1,105
SAT Reading
25th: 51056075th: 620
SAT Math
25th: 49054075th: 600
ACT Composite
25th: 192375th: 25

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
+$543k
+$73k
+$57k
Median Cost$10k/yr
+$508k
+$38k
+$21k
Full Cost$25k/yr
+$455k
-$15k
-$32k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
37
∞
Median Cost$10k/yr
49
60%
Full Cost$25k/yr
Never
-36%
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 Return32%

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-43%

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
$22,375
Earnings (4yr)
$73,605
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$124k
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Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
$41,472
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$139k
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Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,778
Natl Median: $66,914
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
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Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$21,750
Earnings (4yr)
$45,035
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
-$109k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$61,741
Natl Median: $58,891
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
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Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$56,721
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$10k
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Median Debt
$22,358
Earnings (4yr)
$77,774
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$155k
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Median Debt
$17,750
Earnings (4yr)
$90,691
Natl Median: $90,924
Lifetime Value Added
+$254k
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Median Debt
$19,210
Earnings (4yr)
$65,018
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$57k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$45,516
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
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Median Debt
$19,949
Earnings (4yr)
$67,547
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$77k
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Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,652
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
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Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$25,992
Earnings (4yr)
$84,166
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$204k
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Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,267
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$39k
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Median Debt
$19,735
Earnings (4yr)
$106,358
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$373k
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Median Debt
$21,562
Earnings (4yr)
$87,983
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$233k
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Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (4yr)
$88,585
Natl Median: $85,063
Lifetime Value Added
+$238k
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Median Debt
$16,492
Earnings (4yr)
$51,034
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,753
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (4yr)
$90,846
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$255k
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Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (4yr)
$44,680
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$112k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,192
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$75,373
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$137k
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Median Debt
$24,032
Earnings (4yr)
$41,550
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$138k
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Median Debt
$18,072
Earnings (4yr)
$53,449
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
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Median Debt
$22,308
Earnings (4yr)
$57,540
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
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Median Debt
$19,489
Earnings (4yr)
$53,757
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
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History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$52,655
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,821
Natl Median: $56,726
Lifetime Value Added
-$18k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$68,185
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
+$82k
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Median Debt
$25,163
Earnings (4yr)
$61,356
Natl Median: $60,369
Lifetime Value Added
+$28k
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Median Debt
$17,875
Earnings (4yr)
$42,864
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
-$127k
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Median Debt
$23,001
Earnings (4yr)
$53,652
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
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Median Debt
$20,144
Earnings (4yr)
$41,778
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$136k
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Median Debt
$21,158
Earnings (4yr)
$90,049
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
+$249k
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Median Debt
$18,614
Earnings (4yr)
$78,996
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
+$165k
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Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$57,885
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$697
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Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$21,214
Earnings (4yr)
$57,944
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$214
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Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$87,062
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$226k
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Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (4yr)
$46,726
Natl Median: $62,582
Lifetime Value Added
-$94k
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Median Debt
$20,250
Earnings (4yr)
$53,872
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
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Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,878
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
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Median Debt
$21,711
Earnings (4yr)
$57,431
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
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Non-Professional Legal Studies
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,959
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
$28,500
Earnings (4yr)
$42,790
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
-$128k
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Median Debt
$19,601
Earnings (4yr)
$53,674
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
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Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$17,746
Earnings (4yr)
$49,048
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
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Median Debt
$20,229
Earnings (4yr)
$56,557
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
-$12k
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Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (4yr)
$54,188
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
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Real Estate
BachCIP: 5215
Median Debt
$15,539
Earnings (4yr)
$62,817
Natl Median: $84,821
Lifetime Value Added
+$39k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,812
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$45,866
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$18,843
Earnings (4yr)
$54,399
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$30k
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Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,425
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$20,250
Earnings (4yr)
$93,114
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$163k
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Anthropology
MastCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,276
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Applied Mathematics
MastCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $116,060
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$36,399
Earnings (4yr)
$66,397
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
-$72k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$48,745
Natl Median: $71,241
Lifetime Value Added
-$220k
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Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,650
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
-$8k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $106,375
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biotechnology
MastCIP: 2612
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,682
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,244
Earnings (4yr)
$109,260
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$304k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$90,432
Natl Median: $97,526
Lifetime Value Added
+$139k
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Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$50,856
Natl Median: $79,665
Lifetime Value Added
-$198k
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Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$103,805
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$256k
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Median Debt
$37,162
Earnings (4yr)
$62,937
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$44,971
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
-$258k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $136,736
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$39,974
Earnings (4yr)
$60,455
Natl Median: $66,714
Lifetime Value Added
-$127k
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Median Debt
$35,834
Earnings (4yr)
$57,538
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
-$154k
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Median Debt
$15,230
Earnings (4yr)
$63,077
Natl Median: $62,269
Lifetime Value Added
-$103k
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Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,453
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
+$8k
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Median Debt
$33,878
Earnings (4yr)
$64,647
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$70,456
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
-$11k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$29,186
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,694
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,784
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$62,489
Natl Median: $79,463
Lifetime Value Added
-$85k
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History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$42,123
Natl Median: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
-$287k
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Median Debt
$22,750
Earnings (4yr)
$132,174
Natl Median: $112,705
Lifetime Value Added
+$503k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,289
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$21,685
Earnings (4yr)
$128,404
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
+$470k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $122,873
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 (5yr)
$106,077
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
+$258k
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Median Debt
$46,285
Earnings (4yr)
$60,870
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
-$123k
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Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,721
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
-$173k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,139
Natl Median: $74,607
Lifetime Value Added
-$121k
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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
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
Median Debt
$36,500
Earnings (4yr)
$76,337
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$16k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,728
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$48,361
Earnings (4yr)
$64,172
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
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Sociology
MastCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$45,696
Natl Median: $63,330
Lifetime Value Added
-$250k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$60,549
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$25,709
Earnings (4yr)
$53,146
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$196k
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Statistics
MastCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,816
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,361
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,855
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
-$114k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,803
Natl Median: $65,767
Lifetime Value Added
-$161k
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Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $158,084
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: $131,848
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,578
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
DocCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
DocCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $154,538
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $83,031
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$77,472
Earnings (4yr)
$76,882
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
-$113k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $157,305
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $144,778
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,734
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $126,925
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
DocCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $146,358
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,070
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
DocCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$128,659
Natl Median: $130,153
Lifetime Value Added
+$252k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,707
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$68,219
Natl Median: $83,794
Lifetime Value Added
-$157k
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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.