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University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 22,264 Undergrads 72.5% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$29,219
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$22,508
After Aid
Median Earnings
$69,420
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$22,508
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$69,420
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$70,727
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate72.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)21.0
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients19.7%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time95.0%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS81.4%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
83.6%
SAT Avg
1,200
SAT Reading
25th: 57062075th: 670
SAT Math
25th: 56061075th: 660
ACT Composite
25th: 212475th: 28

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
+$603k
+$133k
+$116k
Median Cost$23k/yr
+$522k
+$52k
+$35k
Full Cost$29k/yr
+$498k
+$28k
+$11k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
31
∞
Median Cost$23k/yr
47
44%
Full Cost$29k/yr
57
11%
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 Return113%

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 →

Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$97,071
Natl Median: $57,584
Lifetime Value Added
+$579k
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Median Debt
$22,851
Earnings (4yr)
$62,970
Natl Median: $47,440
Lifetime Value Added
+$208k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,019
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,375
Earnings (4yr)
$71,233
Natl Median: $50,211
Lifetime Value Added
+$290k
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Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (4yr)
$61,856
Natl Median: $57,315
Lifetime Value Added
+$196k
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Gerontology
CertCIP: 3011
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,636
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,125
Earnings (4yr)
$59,801
Natl Median: $40,962
Lifetime Value Added
+$175k
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Insurance
CertCIP: 5217
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (4yr)
$83,537
Natl Median: $80,539
Lifetime Value Added
+$410k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,431
Natl Median: $59,299
Lifetime Value Added
+$159k
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Median Debt
$23,550
Earnings (4yr)
$91,117
Natl Median: $72,496
Lifetime Value Added
+$483k
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Journalism
CertCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,137
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$25,350
Earnings (5yr)
$72,245
Natl Median: $55,699
Lifetime Value Added
+$286k
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Median Debt
$18,765
Earnings (4yr)
$40,294
Natl Median: $39,646
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
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Public Health
CertCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$24,750
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,933
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,124
Earnings (4yr)
$46,614
Natl Median: $55,975
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,219
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
CertCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$20,750
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,190
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CertCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$50,154
Natl Median: $37,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$73k
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Median Debt
$23,500
Earnings (4yr)
$57,029
Natl Median: $59,056
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $36,567
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$92,767
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$224k
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Median Debt
$26,929
Earnings (4yr)
$68,601
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$40k
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Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$26,500
Earnings (4yr)
$42,549
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$175k
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Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$43,083
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
-$171k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,333
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Behavioral Sciences
BachCIP: 3017
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,673
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,898
Earnings (4yr)
$65,072
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
+$12k
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Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (4yr)
$60,450
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$86,894
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$180k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$67,605
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$36,941
Natl Median: $64,016
Lifetime Value Added
-$211k
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Median Debt
$26,900
Earnings (4yr)
$97,329
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$259k
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Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$19,750
Earnings (4yr)
$60,227
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
-$27k
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Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$26,494
Earnings (4yr)
$83,350
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$153k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,477
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$60,737
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$23k
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Median Debt
$23,687
Earnings (4yr)
$66,377
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$88,264
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$190k
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Median Debt
$24,108
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$20,485
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminology
BachCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$60,947
Natl Median: $55,556
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
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Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$60,188
Natl Median: $39,980
Lifetime Value Added
-$27k
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Median Debt
$20,907
Earnings (4yr)
$30,231
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$282k
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Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$76,746
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$102k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$97,208
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$258k
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Median Debt
$25,250
Earnings (4yr)
$51,679
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$98k
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Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$40,434
Natl Median: $46,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$194k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,171
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,888
Earnings (4yr)
$46,063
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
-$145k
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Median Debt
$19,125
Earnings (4yr)
$47,892
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
-$130k
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Median Debt
$21,487
Earnings (4yr)
$88,229
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$190k
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Median Debt
$22,750
Earnings (4yr)
$43,192
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$170k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,578
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,459
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$24,847
Earnings (4yr)
$46,819
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$139k
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Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (4yr)
$77,659
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
+$109k
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Median Debt
$25,125
Earnings (4yr)
$95,347
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$244k
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Median Debt
$18,000
Earnings (5yr)
$61,771
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
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International/Globalization Studies
BachCIP: 3020
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,421
Natl Median: $59,972
Lifetime Value Added
-$134k
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Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
$56,933
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$54k
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Median Debt
$22,412
Earnings (4yr)
$61,200
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$20,140
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$365k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$91,720
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
+$216k
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Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$81,994
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$142k
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Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$17,239
Earnings (4yr)
$82,411
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$145k
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Median Debt
$26,774
Earnings (4yr)
$89,078
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$196k
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Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$76,055
Natl Median: $62,582
Lifetime Value Added
+$85k
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Median Debt
$23,500
Earnings (4yr)
$67,760
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
+$33k
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Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$25,250
Earnings (4yr)
$50,180
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
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Median Debt
$24,250
Earnings (4yr)
$59,071
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
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Median Debt
$22,964
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,451
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$57,098
Natl Median: $50,983
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k
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Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,786
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
-$55k
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Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$65,923
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$19k
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Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$51,031
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$103k
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Median Debt
$19,742
Earnings (4yr)
$78,836
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$118k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$32,569
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
-$250k
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Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (4yr)
$54,530
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Natl Median: $62,169
Lifetime Value Added
-$277k
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Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$19,135
Earnings (4yr)
$52,451
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
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Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$23,194
Earnings (4yr)
$54,464
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$61,732
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$15k
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Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$123,676
Natl Median: $92,425
Lifetime Value Added
+$459k
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Median Debt
$25,975
Earnings (4yr)
$51,338
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
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Median Debt
$25,076
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$101,555
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$213k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$232,032
Natl Median: $235,700
Lifetime Value Added
+$1292k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$129,316
Natl Median: $127,347
Lifetime Value Added
+$455k
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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
$50,276
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $116,060
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,398
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,271
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,830
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
$49,156
Earnings (4yr)
$139,677
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$544k
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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)
-
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,499
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$69,460
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
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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
Dance
MastCIP: 5003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,404
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$36,941
Natl Median: $49,978
Lifetime Value Added
-$364k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,527
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$30,429
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, Other
MastCIP: 1399
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,348
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,125
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$98k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,232
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: $50,850
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,629
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,486
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$51,368
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
-$237k
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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)
$59,989
Natl Median: $81,651
Lifetime Value Added
-$155k
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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: $119,184
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
MastCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$84,165
Natl Median: $69,034
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,200
Earnings (4yr)
$55,946
Natl Median: $56,301
Lifetime Value Added
-$193k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,302
Earnings (4yr)
$115,346
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
+$334k
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Mathematics
MastCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $198,417
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,441
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,122
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$48,460
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
-$265k
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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: $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
$37,122
Earnings (4yr)
$103,005
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
+$226k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$45,249
Natl Median: $71,416
Lifetime Value Added
-$278k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,737
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$43,469
Natl Median: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
-$314k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,728
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,129
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$45,159
Earnings (4yr)
$58,268
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$171k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$29,500
Earnings (4yr)
$61,522
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
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Statistics
MastCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,816
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$47,260
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$258k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,897
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$58,371
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
-$170k
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Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$309,352
Natl Median: $207,164
Lifetime Value Added
+$2192k
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Median Debt
$105,970
Earnings (4yr)
$128,962
Natl Median: $125,392
Lifetime Value Added
+$576k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $117,834
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$37,698
Earnings (4yr)
$132,152
Natl Median: $94,506
Lifetime Value Added
+$606k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,196
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,414
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,077
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: $56,310
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,168
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$32,513
Earnings (4yr)
$131,086
Natl Median: $118,893
Lifetime Value Added
+$596k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,978
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,226
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$123,753
Natl Median: $122,843
Lifetime Value Added
+$527k
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Marketing
Gr-CertCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$49,001
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,837
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,899
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $109,930
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
Gr-CertCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,684
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$127,420
Natl Median: $126,911
Lifetime Value Added
+$561k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$63,247
Natl Median: $63,709
Lifetime Value Added
-$62k
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Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $125,137
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
Area Studies
DocCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,249
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,683
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
DocCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,983
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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: $113,566
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)
$100,644
Natl Median: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$89,186
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,931
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$86,503
Natl Median: $88,343
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $154,538
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $167,302
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $97,173
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
DocCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $135,560
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,630
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,774
Natl Median: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
-$289k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,797
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,718
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: $137,148
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
DocCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,616
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,285
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 (2yr)
$57,318
Natl Median: $101,435
Lifetime Value Added
-$290k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,341
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
DocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,407
Natl Median: $59,592
Lifetime Value Added
-$390k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $108,943
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $136,696
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,908
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,707
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
DocCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $108,962
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$88,550
Earnings (4yr)
$132,306
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
+$252k
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Median Debt
$87,693
Earnings (4yr)
$78,276
Natl Median: $82,893
Lifetime Value Added
-$148k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,164
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,860
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,768
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,739
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,822
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,168
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Professional Degrees

Dentistry
ProfCIP: 5104
Median Debt
$284,163
Earnings (4yr)
$172,943
Natl Median: $170,812
Lifetime Value Added
+$549k
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Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$89,700
Earnings (4yr)
$107,273
Natl Median: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$68k
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Medicine
ProfCIP: 5112
Median Debt
$178,776
Earnings (4yr)
$98,361
Natl Median: $112,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$1k
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Median Debt
$161,748
Earnings (4yr)
$127,526
Natl Median: $138,348
Lifetime Value Added
+$217k
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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.