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University of Georgia
Athens, GA 31,310 Undergrads 87.4% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$27,436
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$13,816
After Aid
Median Earnings
$68,726
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$13,816
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$68,726
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate87.4%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients17.9%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time94.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS82.4%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
37.2%
SAT Avg
1,301
SAT Reading
25th: 59068075th: 690
SAT Math
25th: 57068075th: 700
ACT Composite
25th: 253175th: 32
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
+$584k
+$187k
+$99k
Median Cost$14k/yr
+$534k
+$137k
+$49k
Full Cost$27k/yr
+$485k
+$88k
+$429
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
32
∞
Median Cost$14k/yr
42
99%
Full Cost$27k/yr
64
0%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 10-year 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 Return98%
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-25%
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
Certificates
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management
CertCIP: 5010
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (5yr)
$53,759
Lifetime Value Added
+$108k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CertCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$19,550
Earnings (5yr)
$113,101
Lifetime Value Added
+$680k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CertCIP: 0502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$63,173
Lifetime Value Added
+$203k
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)
CertCIP: 2200
Median Debt
$18,611
Earnings (5yr)
$117,300
Lifetime Value Added
+$719k
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CertCIP: 0909
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (5yr)
$61,055
Lifetime Value Added
+$182k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CertCIP: 0907
Median Debt
$20,713
Earnings (5yr)
$74,543
Lifetime Value Added
+$313k
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$91,429
Lifetime Value Added
+$230k
Agricultural Business and Management
BachCIP: 0101
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (5yr)
$71,796
Lifetime Value Added
+$83k
Agricultural Engineering
BachCIP: 1403
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$89,250
Lifetime Value Added
+$213k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$22,634
Earnings (5yr)
$65,062
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$18,250
Earnings (5yr)
$61,453
Lifetime Value Added
+$4k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$20,003
Earnings (5yr)
$46,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$117k
Biochemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1443
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (2yr)
$59,417
Lifetime Value Added
+$16k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$20,750
Earnings (5yr)
$60,787
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
Biological and Physical Sciences
BachCIP: 3001
Median Debt
$19,562
Earnings (5yr)
$66,505
Lifetime Value Added
+$43k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$64,387
Lifetime Value Added
+$26k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$15,750
Earnings (5yr)
$75,756
Lifetime Value Added
+$112k
Business/Managerial Economics
BachCIP: 5206
Median Debt
$19,490
Earnings (5yr)
$90,785
Lifetime Value Added
+$225k
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
BachCIP: 2604
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,925
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$18,250
Earnings (5yr)
$53,904
Lifetime Value Added
-$57k
Cognitive Science
BachCIP: 3025
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (5yr)
$61,591
Lifetime Value Added
+$5k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$17,250
Earnings (5yr)
$62,709
Lifetime Value Added
+$13k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$17,421
Earnings (5yr)
$60,086
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$17,278
Earnings (2yr)
$67,164
Lifetime Value Added
+$79k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$20,495
Earnings (5yr)
$100,784
Lifetime Value Added
+$300k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$15,250
Earnings (5yr)
$57,704
Lifetime Value Added
-$26k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
BachCIP: 5131
Median Debt
$20,524
Earnings (5yr)
$59,967
Lifetime Value Added
-$8k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (2yr)
$23,340
Lifetime Value Added
-$303k
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
BachCIP: 2613
Median Debt
$14,000
Earnings (2yr)
$20,824
Lifetime Value Added
-$326k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$15,250
Earnings (5yr)
$80,203
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$50,356
Lifetime Value Added
-$86k
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
BachCIP: 1414
Median Debt
$20,399
Earnings (2yr)
$52,941
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies
BachCIP: 1904
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$68,899
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services
BachCIP: 1902
Median Debt
$18,375
Earnings (5yr)
$62,427
Lifetime Value Added
+$11k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$24,035
Lifetime Value Added
-$296k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (5yr)
$95,338
Lifetime Value Added
+$259k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$51,345
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Food Science and Technology
BachCIP: 0110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$79,355
Lifetime Value Added
+$139k
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1905
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$69,473
Lifetime Value Added
+$65k
Forestry
BachCIP: 0305
Median Debt
$14,500
Earnings (5yr)
$77,045
Lifetime Value Added
+$122k
Genetics
BachCIP: 2608
Median Debt
$17,375
Earnings (5yr)
$71,717
Lifetime Value Added
+$82k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
$19,824
Earnings (5yr)
$58,281
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$67,486
Lifetime Value Added
+$50k
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1605
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,238
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$19,516
Earnings (5yr)
$66,397
Lifetime Value Added
+$42k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$16,500
Earnings (5yr)
$53,670
Lifetime Value Added
-$59k
Housing and Human Environments
BachCIP: 1906
Median Debt
$19,679
Earnings (5yr)
$69,252
Lifetime Value Added
+$64k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1907
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$49,018
Lifetime Value Added
-$97k
Insurance
BachCIP: 5217
Median Debt
$17,642
Earnings (5yr)
$89,304
Lifetime Value Added
+$214k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
$15,820
Earnings (5yr)
$110,872
Lifetime Value Added
+$375k
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
$18,761
Earnings (5yr)
$67,971
Lifetime Value Added
+$54k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$61,753
Lifetime Value Added
+$6k
Landscape Architecture
BachCIP: 0406
Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (5yr)
$66,685
Lifetime Value Added
+$44k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
BachCIP: 1601
Median Debt
$18,375
Earnings (5yr)
$49,918
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$17,261
Earnings (5yr)
$111,592
Lifetime Value Added
+$380k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$17,318
Earnings (5yr)
$82,677
Lifetime Value Added
+$164k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$16,250
Earnings (5yr)
$75,014
Lifetime Value Added
+$107k
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
BachCIP: 2605
Median Debt
$23,214
Earnings (5yr)
$68,825
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$20,076
Earnings (2yr)
$23,579
Lifetime Value Added
-$301k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$41,565
Lifetime Value Added
-$138k
Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$36,514
Lifetime Value Added
-$202k
Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
$21,205
Earnings (5yr)
$76,767
Lifetime Value Added
+$120k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$17,625
Earnings (5yr)
$66,357
Lifetime Value Added
+$42k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$18,845
Earnings (5yr)
$58,364
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$20,788
Earnings (5yr)
$68,297
Lifetime Value Added
+$56k
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
BachCIP: 0909
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$73,502
Lifetime Value Added
+$95k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
BachCIP: 0907
Median Debt
$18,250
Earnings (5yr)
$60,906
Lifetime Value Added
-$707
Real Estate
BachCIP: 5215
Median Debt
$19,250
Earnings (5yr)
$87,821
Lifetime Value Added
+$203k
Religion/Religious Studies
BachCIP: 3802
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$15,552
Lifetime Value Added
-$375k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$20,019
Earnings (5yr)
$56,577
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$19,996
Earnings (5yr)
$49,245
Lifetime Value Added
-$95k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$15,875
Earnings (5yr)
$54,538
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$53,452
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations
BachCIP: 5219
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$56,042
Lifetime Value Added
-$39k
Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
$19,677
Earnings (5yr)
$83,951
Lifetime Value Added
+$174k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$15,337
Earnings (5yr)
$50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$83k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (5yr)
$51,750
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
BachCIP: 0306
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (5yr)
$43,583
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$103,935
Lifetime Value Added
+$448k
Agricultural Public Services
MastCIP: 0108
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$67,006
Lifetime Value Added
+$130k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$62,722
Earnings (5yr)
$156,018
Lifetime Value Added
+$890k
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
MastCIP: 0403
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$55,512
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
MastCIP: 4228
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (5yr)
$79,090
Lifetime Value Added
+$234k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$45,742
Earnings (2yr)
$52,107
Lifetime Value Added
+$24k
Computer Software and Media Applications
MastCIP: 1108
Median Debt
$45,255
Earnings (2yr)
$78,971
Lifetime Value Added
+$275k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
MastCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$39,009
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$75,818
Lifetime Value Added
+$206k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
$31,831
Earnings (5yr)
$70,147
Lifetime Value Added
+$157k
Fine and Studio Arts
MastCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$29,712
Earnings (5yr)
$41,360
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
Forestry
MastCIP: 0305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$76,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$38,216
Earnings (5yr)
$61,241
Lifetime Value Added
+$79k
International Relations and National Security Studies
MastCIP: 4509
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$54,661
Lifetime Value Added
+$49k
Journalism
MastCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$22,394
Earnings (5yr)
$83,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$271k
Landscape Architecture
MastCIP: 0406
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$55,964
Lifetime Value Added
+$62k
Marketing
MastCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$107,611
Lifetime Value Added
+$479k
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$24,863
Lifetime Value Added
-$255k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
MastCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$40,461
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
MastCIP: 5120
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$129,370
Lifetime Value Added
+$665k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$30,250
Earnings (5yr)
$69,552
Lifetime Value Added
+$152k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$30,923
Earnings (5yr)
$77,719
Lifetime Value Added
+$223k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$39,848
Earnings (5yr)
$57,218
Lifetime Value Added
+$42k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$53,611
Lifetime Value Added
+$9k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$37,038
Earnings (5yr)
$61,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$80k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$26,488
Earnings (5yr)
$58,882
Lifetime Value Added
+$57k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$34,112
Earnings (5yr)
$60,435
Lifetime Value Added
+$71k
Doctoral Degrees
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
DocCIP: 4228
Median Debt
$78,462
Earnings (2yr)
$68,219
Lifetime Value Added
+$45k
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$67,427
Earnings (5yr)
$102,892
Lifetime Value Added
+$267k
Music
DocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$49,262
Lifetime Value Added
-$133k
Public Health
DocCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$76,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$109k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
DocCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$47,455
Earnings (5yr)
$88,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$164k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
DocCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$84,298
Lifetime Value Added
+$132k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
DocCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$85,723
Earnings (5yr)
$96,321
Lifetime Value Added
+$220k
Professional Degrees
Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$82,694
Earnings (5yr)
$108,190
Lifetime Value Added
+$306k
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
ProfCIP: 5120
Median Debt
$129,546
Earnings (5yr)
$136,525
Lifetime Value Added
+$511k
Veterinary Medicine
ProfCIP: 0180
Median Debt
$140,312
Earnings (5yr)
$122,677
Lifetime Value Added
+$411k
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, 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 should not be compared with those Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors starting at age 18.