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University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK 10,170 Undergrads 44.2% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$27,350
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$18,348
After Aid
Median Earnings
$56,141
5yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$18,348
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$56,141Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$51,263Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate44.2%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average starting age (2015-17)22.9
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients40.1%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time78.7%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS66.4%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
78.1%
SAT Avg
1,090
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: 182175th: 24
ROI Sensitivity AnalysisAssuming 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
+$498k
+$28k
+$11k
Median Cost$18k/yr
+$432k
-$38k
-$55k
Full Cost$27k/yr
+$399k
-$71k
-$87k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
52
∞
Median Cost$18k/yr
Never
-83%
Full Cost$27k/yr
Never
-88%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the median earnings five years after graduating, with four years of 2% raises taken out.⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
- 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-62%
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-69%
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 →
Certificates
Accounting and Related Services
CertCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,589
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$24,152
Earnings (4yr)
$73,074
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$89k
Applied Mathematics
BachCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
BachCIP: 5010
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,240
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$19,285
Earnings (4yr)
$50,748
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
BachCIP: 1405
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$20,638
Earnings (4yr)
$64,107
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$19k
Business/Managerial Economics
BachCIP: 5206
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$65,305
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$19k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,975
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Natl Median: $52,899
Lifetime Value Added
-$223k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$57,186
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$35,485
Natl Median: $47,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$221k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$21,678
Earnings (4yr)
$87,792
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$201k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (4yr)
$51,332
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$86k
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$26,397
Earnings (4yr)
$53,927
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$64k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$22,836
Earnings (4yr)
$38,914
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$192k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$15,540
Earnings (4yr)
$90,152
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$219k
Engineering Physics
BachCIP: 1412
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $89,154
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$44,331
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$145k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$16,250
Earnings (4yr)
$58,334
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$37,490
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$204k
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
BachCIP: 1203
Median Debt
$23,842
Earnings (4yr)
$54,571
Natl Median: $60,056
Lifetime Value Added
-$59k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,796
Natl Median: $75,399
Lifetime Value Added
+$110k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
$46,882
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$123k
Median Debt
$17,510
Earnings (4yr)
$46,420
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$127k
Human Resources Management and Services
BachCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$19,879
Earnings (4yr)
$69,235
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
Insurance
BachCIP: 5217
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,472
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$67,564
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
+$36k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$51,042
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (4yr)
$49,383
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$102k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,442
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
BachCIP: 5213
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$19,250
Earnings (4yr)
$60,961
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$6k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$24,250
Earnings (4yr)
$88,188
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$204k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (4yr)
$42,355
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$162k
Non-Professional Legal Studies
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$41,565
Natl Median: $61,959
Lifetime Value Added
-$154k
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
BachCIP: 3101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,983
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$52,852
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$73k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$17,275
Earnings (4yr)
$47,937
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$114k
Public Administration
BachCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$13,375
Earnings (4yr)
$67,452
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$46k
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (4yr)
$50,636
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$82,603
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$162k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$41,870
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
-$166k
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
$19,650
Earnings (4yr)
$54,876
Natl Median: $57,805
Lifetime Value Added
-$56k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (4yr)
$48,562
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$109k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,864
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$18,375
Earnings (4yr)
$49,630
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
Median Debt
$19,250
Earnings (4yr)
$46,831
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$124k
Median Debt
$17,750
Earnings (4yr)
$48,851
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$107k
Master's Degrees
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $127,347
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Applied Mathematics
MastCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $116,060
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$35,014
Earnings (4yr)
$91,003
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$129k
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
MastCIP: 4228
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$53,445
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$209k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$35,792
Earnings (4yr)
$61,936
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
-$129k
Computational Science
MastCIP: 3030
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,757
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminal Justice and Corrections
MastCIP: 4301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,714
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Design and Applied Arts
MastCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
MastCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,978
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$25,750
Earnings (4yr)
$64,452
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$106k
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
MastCIP: 1306
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$52,153
Natl Median: $66,232
Lifetime Value Added
-$231k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering Physics
MastCIP: 1412
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $114,121
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
MastCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Gerontology
MastCIP: 3011
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,618
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Natl Median: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
-$387k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,648
Natl Median: $58,524
Lifetime Value Added
-$188k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,627
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Literature
MastCIP: 2314
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,337
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
MastCIP: 5213
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics and Statistics, Other
MastCIP: 2799
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $89,355
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mechanical Engineering
MastCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$32,029
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
-$407k
Museology/Museum Studies
MastCIP: 3014
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,692
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
MastCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,711
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$79,971
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Research and Experimental Psychology
MastCIP: 4227
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,216
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
MastCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Security Science and Technology
MastCIP: 4304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$67,837
Natl Median: $82,399
Lifetime Value Added
-$87k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$54,433
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$199k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$30,857
Earnings (4yr)
$57,727
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$168k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$53,294
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$210k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,078
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
-$193k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,767
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Urban Studies/Affairs
MastCIP: 4512
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,634
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.