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University of California-Davis

Davis, CA 32,253 Undergrads 88.0% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$43,191
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$14,318
After Aid
Median Earnings
$78,644
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$14,318
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$78,644
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$86,999
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate88.0%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)21.2
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients33.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time97.5%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS79.1%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
41.8%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

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
+$672k
+$202k
+$186k
Median Cost$14k/yr
+$621k
+$151k
+$134k
Full Cost$43k/yr
+$517k
+$47k
+$30k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
28
∞
Median Cost$14k/yr
33
261%
Full Cost$43k/yr
51
20%
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 Return127%

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-24%

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
$13,113
Earnings (4yr)
$93,414
Natl Median: $98,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$259k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,647
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$10,265
Earnings (4yr)
$58,236
Natl Median: $53,588
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
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Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$12,860
Earnings (4yr)
$48,441
Natl Median: $49,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$96k
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Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$11,730
Earnings (4yr)
$56,836
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$41,565
Natl Median: $57,640
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
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Applied Mathematics
BachCIP: 2703
Median Debt
$11,000
Earnings (4yr)
$65,508
Natl Median: $91,532
Lifetime Value Added
+$45k
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Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,997
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$11,036
Earnings (4yr)
$70,754
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
+$86k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $83,998
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$11,500
Earnings (4yr)
$68,120
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$65k
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Median Debt
$8,854
Earnings (4yr)
$98,504
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$298k
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Biotechnology
BachCIP: 2612
Median Debt
$14,899
Earnings (4yr)
$87,406
Natl Median: $67,097
Lifetime Value Added
+$213k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,245
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$87,455
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$213k
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Median Debt
$12,918
Earnings (5yr)
$84,843
Natl Median: $66,697
Lifetime Value Added
+$181k
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Median Debt
$12,224
Earnings (4yr)
$102,649
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$329k
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Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$11,000
Earnings (4yr)
$73,365
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$106k
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Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$12,302
Earnings (4yr)
$95,939
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$278k
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Cognitive Science
BachCIP: 3025
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$68,463
Natl Median: $81,496
Lifetime Value Added
+$68k
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Median Debt
$11,000
Earnings (4yr)
$72,778
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
+$101k
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Median Debt
$11,000
Earnings (4yr)
$138,673
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$601k
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Median Debt
$12,093
Earnings (4yr)
$145,422
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$652k
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Median Debt
$12,592
Earnings (4yr)
$62,209
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,823
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$60,939
Natl Median: $51,642
Lifetime Value Added
+$8k
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Median Debt
$15,245
Earnings (4yr)
$62,011
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
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Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$10,500
Earnings (4yr)
$83,248
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$181k
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Median Debt
$14,883
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$114,228
Natl Median: $89,359
Lifetime Value Added
+$417k
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Median Debt
$13,500
Earnings (4yr)
$59,012
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,634
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,461
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$11,083
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,171
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$11,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,670
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
-$10k
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Median Debt
$12,800
Earnings (4yr)
$57,999
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
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Median Debt
$12,250
Earnings (4yr)
$40,453
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$164k
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Median Debt
$7,000
Earnings (4yr)
$70,571
Natl Median: $70,873
Lifetime Value Added
+$84k
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Genetics
BachCIP: 2608
Median Debt
$14,666
Earnings (4yr)
$77,411
Natl Median: $66,076
Lifetime Value Added
+$137k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,337
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
+$106k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,459
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$11,083
Earnings (4yr)
$57,734
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$18k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$31,781
Natl Median: $56,491
Lifetime Value Added
-$228k
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Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$67,056
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
+$57k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$69,844
Natl Median: $66,387
Lifetime Value Added
+$68k
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Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,443
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$12k
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Median Debt
$11,838
Earnings (4yr)
$86,155
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
+$203k
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Marine Sciences
BachCIP: 3032
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $52,667
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$89,983
Natl Median: $91,449
Lifetime Value Added
+$233k
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Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$10,743
Earnings (4yr)
$72,640
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$100k
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Median Debt
$12,060
Earnings (4yr)
$102,161
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$326k
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Median Debt
$12,090
Earnings (4yr)
$74,343
Natl Median: $62,582
Lifetime Value Added
+$113k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$60,953
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$1k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$60,557
Natl Median: $48,754
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
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Median Debt
$12,653
Earnings (4yr)
$65,983
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
+$49k
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Median Debt
$12,500
Earnings (4yr)
$63,720
Natl Median: $62,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$31k
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Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$64,519
Natl Median: $60,053
Lifetime Value Added
+$37k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$63,567
Natl Median: $68,883
Lifetime Value Added
+$29k
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Median Debt
$13,250
Earnings (4yr)
$73,595
Natl Median: $116,539
Lifetime Value Added
+$107k
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Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
$15,400
Earnings (4yr)
$58,633
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
-$11k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,096
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$16,233
Earnings (4yr)
$78,569
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
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Median Debt
$12,917
Earnings (4yr)
$66,461
Natl Median: $62,172
Lifetime Value Added
+$52k
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Plant Sciences
BachCIP: 0111
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$72,335
Natl Median: $56,567
Lifetime Value Added
+$98k
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Median Debt
$12,680
Earnings (4yr)
$67,759
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$63k
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Psychology, Other
BachCIP: 4299
Median Debt
$9,911
Earnings (4yr)
$60,257
Natl Median: $50,748
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
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Median Debt
$12,018
Earnings (4yr)
$69,702
Natl Median: $61,630
Lifetime Value Added
+$78k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,448
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
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Median Debt
$11,500
Earnings (4yr)
$57,378
Natl Median: $55,695
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
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Median Debt
$11,363
Earnings (4yr)
$60,797
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
+$7k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,452
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,169
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$68,535
Natl Median: $56,812
Lifetime Value Added
+$69k
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Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$11,000
Earnings (4yr)
$59,171
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$6k
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Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
$11,000
Earnings (4yr)
$88,033
Natl Median: $92,425
Lifetime Value Added
+$218k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$11,823
Earnings (4yr)
$46,209
Natl Median: $45,338
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,055
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$108,771
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$292k
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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
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,913
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Applied Mathematics
MastCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $116,060
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,482
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,271
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,121
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $106,375
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,090
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$155,416
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$695k
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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)
$106,894
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$275k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,984
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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
Economics
MastCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,743
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$70,796
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$145,917
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
+$613k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,705
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$44,735
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
-$286k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$47,260
Natl Median: $88,332
Lifetime Value Added
-$243k
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Genetics
MastCIP: 2608
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,660
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
$188,575
Earnings (4yr)
$138,731
Natl Median: $81,651
Lifetime Value Added
+$551k
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Median Debt
$131,500
Earnings (4yr)
$137,579
Natl Median: $78,149
Lifetime Value Added
+$541k
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History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,524
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Natl Median: $60,869
Lifetime Value Added
-$424k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,855
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$108,371
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,807
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 (4yr)
$121,768
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
+$405k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,441
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $84,750
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $74,607
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Nutrition Sciences
MastCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,126
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,305
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $129,214
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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: $67,681
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,515
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$27,372
Earnings (4yr)
$79,807
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$163,702
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$766k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,737
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,626
Natl Median: $63,216
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,728
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$84,479
Natl Median: $82,399
Lifetime Value Added
+$79k
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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
Statistics
MastCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,816
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $87,776
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $119,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,772
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $122,650
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,784
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: $123,729
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $102,099
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$108,451
Natl Median: $112,683
Lifetime Value Added
+$106k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $153,586
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,848
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,507
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)
$111,674
Natl Median: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
+$130k
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Civil Engineering
DocCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$70,456
Natl Median: $110,980
Lifetime Value Added
-$156k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,931
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $154,538
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,704
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$85,764
Natl Median: $97,173
Lifetime Value Added
-$63k
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Economics
DocCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $135,560
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$130,291
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$267k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $157,305
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $139,646
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$66,171
Natl Median: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
-$189k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$53,358
Natl Median: $81,271
Lifetime Value Added
-$294k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,003
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Genetics
DocCIP: 2608
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $102,123
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: $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 (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $89,656
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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
Music
DocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,592
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Nutrition Sciences
DocCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$46,087
Natl Median: $99,750
Lifetime Value Added
-$356k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $108,943
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)
$141,034
Natl Median: $130,153
Lifetime Value Added
+$346k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$123,648
Natl Median: $93,640
Lifetime Value Added
+$200k
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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
Psychology, Other
DocCIP: 4299
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,857
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,164
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$106,855
Natl Median: $103,410
Lifetime Value Added
+$94k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,860
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
DocCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$69,338
Natl Median: $88,618
Lifetime Value Added
-$164k
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Soil Sciences
DocCIP: 0112
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,394
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Statistics
DocCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $156,733
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$104,113
Natl Median: $81,822
Lifetime Value Added
+$74k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,436
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Professional Degrees

Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$130,500
Earnings (4yr)
$136,814
Natl Median: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$315k
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Medicine
ProfCIP: 5112
Median Debt
$133,762
Earnings (4yr)
$144,130
Natl Median: $112,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$368k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$149,260
Natl Median: $148,496
Lifetime Value Added
+$406k
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Veterinary Medicine
ProfCIP: 0180
Median Debt
$149,894
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,316
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 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.