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University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS 21,217 Undergrads 67.7% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$29,237
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$20,004
After Aid
Median Earnings
$70,307
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$20,004
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$70,307
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$67,963
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate67.7%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)21.1
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients22.7%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time92.2%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS78.8%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
93.5%
SAT Avg
1,190
SAT Reading
25th: 54060075th: 650
SAT Math
25th: 53059075th: 650
ACT Composite
25th: 202475th: 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
+$610k
+$139k
+$123k
Median Cost$20k/yr
+$538k
+$67k
+$51k
Full Cost$29k/yr
+$504k
+$34k
+$18k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
31
∞
Median Cost$20k/yr
43
71%
Full Cost$29k/yr
54
17%
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 Return125%

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-21%

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
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$84,736
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$172k
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Median Debt
$21,805
Earnings (4yr)
$92,335
Natl Median: $98,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$230k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$53,864
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
-$70k
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Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$46,014
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$144k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$84,319
Natl Median: $89,406
Lifetime Value Added
+$169k
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Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation
BachCIP: 0408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,286
Natl Median: $65,003
Lifetime Value Added
+$30k
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Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$31,851
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
-$248k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,333
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,997
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Behavioral Sciences
BachCIP: 3017
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$58,883
Natl Median: $48,673
Lifetime Value Added
-$29k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$81,568
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
+$148k
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Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$17,353
Earnings (4yr)
$61,561
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
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Biotechnology
BachCIP: 2612
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,097
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,844
Earnings (4yr)
$77,725
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$119k
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Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$68,572
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
+$48k
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Median Debt
$19,183
Earnings (4yr)
$93,391
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$238k
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Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$41,193
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
-$164k
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Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$21,508
Earnings (4yr)
$89,087
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$205k
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Median Debt
-
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
$19,750
Earnings (4yr)
$60,258
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$18k
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Median Debt
$16,750
Earnings (4yr)
$59,436
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
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Median Debt
$18,100
Earnings (4yr)
$92,008
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$228k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$113,339
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$390k
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Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (4yr)
$59,441
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$46,094
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$144k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,642
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$69,084
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$52k
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Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (2yr)
$69,338
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$76k
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Engineering Physics
BachCIP: 1412
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $89,154
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,375
Earnings (4yr)
$46,464
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$133k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,375
Earnings (4yr)
$41,191
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
-$178k
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Median Debt
$20,593
Earnings (4yr)
$86,453
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$185k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$38,355
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$203k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,838
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$24,125
Earnings (4yr)
$58,936
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$29k
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Human Biology
BachCIP: 3027
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$70,399
Natl Median: $64,732
Lifetime Value Added
+$63k
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International/Globalization Studies
BachCIP: 3020
Median Debt
$25,361
Earnings (5yr)
$58,473
Natl Median: $59,972
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
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Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$62,394
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$516
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Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,777
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$30k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$36,783
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$222k
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Median Debt
$21,353
Earnings (4yr)
$87,704
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
+$195k
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Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$107,635
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
+$347k
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Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$22,437
Earnings (4yr)
$70,404
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$63k
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Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$64,905
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$20k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$82,934
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$57,252
Natl Median: $52,119
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
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Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$65,861
Natl Median: $62,582
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
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Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,353
Earnings (4yr)
$54,687
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$64k
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Non-Professional Legal Studies
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,959
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$97,527
Natl Median: $104,823
Lifetime Value Added
+$270k
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Median Debt
$12,577
Earnings (4yr)
$125,384
Natl Median: $116,539
Lifetime Value Added
+$481k
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Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$61,749
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
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Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$61,839
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
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Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$55,329
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,136
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
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Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$78,601
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$125k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,792
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,695
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$64,273
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
+$4k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,169
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$55,582
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$56k
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Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$17,949
Earnings (4yr)
$48,146
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$118k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$62,876
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
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Median Debt
$22,125
Earnings (4yr)
$50,434
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
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Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$52,106
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$85k
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Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$97,676
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$184k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $122,434
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: $98,356
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$71,293
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
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Area Studies
MastCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,936
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,482
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Behavioral Sciences
MastCIP: 3017
Median Debt
$32,757
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,111
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
$32,267
Earnings (4yr)
$112,311
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$312k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$113,790
Natl Median: $125,988
Lifetime Value Added
+$305k
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Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$65,373
Natl Median: $79,665
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
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Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$105,565
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$253k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,499
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,816
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$170k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$35,500
Earnings (4yr)
$66,494
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
-$90k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,166
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$29,526
Earnings (4yr)
$60,341
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
-$147k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,978
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,871
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
Median Debt
$26,150
Earnings (4yr)
$67,598
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$80k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,644
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering Science
MastCIP: 1413
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,681
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$141,101
Natl Median: $125,651
Lifetime Value Added
+$561k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,629
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,705
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$42,421
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
-$319k
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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)
$123,582
Natl Median: $89,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$410k
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Homeland Security
MastCIP: 4303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,660
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International/Globalization Studies
MastCIP: 3020
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,219
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
MastCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,034
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,093
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)
-
Natl Median: $101,441
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,692
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$49,191
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
-$253k
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Nutrition Sciences
MastCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$60,580
Natl Median: $67,126
Lifetime Value Added
-$156k
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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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$82,043
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$47k
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Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$81,232
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
+$40k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,972
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$136,168
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$519k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,253
Natl Median: $71,416
Lifetime Value Added
-$138k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,737
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,216
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,728
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,877
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$29,391
Earnings (4yr)
$59,791
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$152k
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Median Debt
$32,755
Earnings (4yr)
$59,173
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$158k
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Statistics
MastCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,816
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,759
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
-$163k
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Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$105,467
Natl Median: $103,299
Lifetime Value Added
+$357k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,166
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $126,911
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$63,947
Natl Median: $69,147
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
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Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,660
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Anthropology
DocCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,473
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: $102,099
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $104,514
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,683
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: $149,621
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)
$119,800
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
+$169k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,931
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,343
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
-
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
$46,418
Earnings (4yr)
$84,513
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
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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: $73,797
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,718
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $126,299
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
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)
$52,762
Natl Median: $59,592
Lifetime Value Added
-$336k
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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: $93,640
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,464
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$68,000
Earnings (4yr)
$76,326
Natl Median: $82,893
Lifetime Value Added
-$153k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $103,410
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,860
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,812
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,168
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Professional Degrees

Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (4yr)
$94,898
Natl Median: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
-$15k
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Medicine
ProfCIP: 5112
Median Debt
$189,977
Earnings (4yr)
$123,824
Natl Median: $112,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$199k
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Median Debt
$71,500
Earnings (4yr)
$136,128
Natl Median: $138,348
Lifetime Value Added
+$289k
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Median Debt
$100,005
Earnings (4yr)
$176,643
Natl Median: $133,099
Lifetime Value Added
+$586k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$81,392
Natl Median: $81,641
Lifetime Value Added
-$116k
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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.