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University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL 12,913 Undergrads 83.5% Grad Rate
Share
Total Cost
$90,646
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$36,483
After Aid
Median Earnings
$82,912
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$36,483
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$82,912
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$84,093
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate83.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)20.9
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients16.6%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time97.3%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS81.8%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
18.9%
SAT Avg
1,415
SAT Reading
25th: 66070075th: 730
SAT Math
25th: 66070075th: 750
ACT Composite
25th: 303275th: 33

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
+$704k
+$234k
+$218k
Median Cost$36k/yr
+$573k
+$103k
+$87k
Full Cost$91k/yr
+$378k
-$92k
-$108k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
28
∞
Median Cost$36k/yr
41
66%
Full Cost$91k/yr
Never
-33%
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 Return27%

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-58%

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
$19,126
Earnings (4yr)
$102,344
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$247k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$71,015
Natl Median: $98,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$30k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$24,035
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$379k
Applied Mathematics
BachCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $89,406
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,074
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$68,633
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,226
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$152k
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$98,997
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$222k
Median Debt
$17,000
Earnings (4yr)
$66,065
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
Median Debt
$17,625
Earnings (4yr)
$116,367
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$354k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$21,400
Earnings (2yr)
$13,702
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
-$476k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,477
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$81,207
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
+$74k
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$18,000
Earnings (4yr)
$121,589
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$393k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,894
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (4yr)
$102,484
Natl Median: $85,063
Lifetime Value Added
+$248k
Criminology
BachCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$12,125
Earnings (4yr)
$70,461
Natl Median: $55,556
Lifetime Value Added
+$4k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$13,500
Earnings (4yr)
$34,667
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$294k
Median Debt
$20,175
Earnings (4yr)
$42,932
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
-$222k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$15,250
Earnings (4yr)
$92,998
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$176k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$87,274
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$132k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,281
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$294k
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$73,489
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,171
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$70,348
Natl Median: $56,185
Lifetime Value Added
-$8k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,750
Earnings (4yr)
$52,032
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
-$145k
Median Debt
$17,092
Earnings (4yr)
$110,240
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$307k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$24,421
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$375k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities
BachCIP: 5132
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $87,441
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$66,064
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$17,000
Earnings (5yr)
$64,932
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$50k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,375
Earnings (4yr)
$99,068
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$222k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$12,798
Earnings (4yr)
$84,474
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
+$111k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$71,466
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
+$11k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,625
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
Median Debt
$20,750
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$17,093
Earnings (4yr)
$85,935
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$122k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$86,156
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$124k
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (5yr)
$65,905
Natl Median: $62,582
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$14,125
Earnings (4yr)
$29,090
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$343k
Median Debt
$21,125
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,552
Earnings (5yr)
$71,355
Natl Median: $62,451
Lifetime Value Added
-$178
Non-Professional Legal Studies
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
$18,875
Earnings (4yr)
$99,836
Natl Median: $61,959
Lifetime Value Added
+$228k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$83,490
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
+$91k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$19,881
Earnings (4yr)
$47,683
Natl Median: $62,172
Lifetime Value Added
-$182k
Median Debt
$15,500
Earnings (4yr)
$62,216
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$61k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$16,389
Earnings (4yr)
$54,290
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$20,625
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$15,250
Earnings (4yr)
$82,999
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
+$100k
Median Debt
$12,250
Earnings (4yr)
$62,053
Natl Median: $50,497
Lifetime Value Added
-$63k
Real Estate
BachCIP: 5215
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $84,821
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$17,465
Earnings (4yr)
$92,555
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$173k
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: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$14,075
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$14,500
Earnings (4yr)
$63,764
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$49k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$17,000
Earnings (4yr)
$56,289
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,425
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$104,472
Natl Median: $129,561
Lifetime Value Added
+$312k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,255
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $78,228
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,346
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$105,675
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$224k
Anthropology
MastCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,276
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Applied Mathematics
MastCIP: 2703
Median Debt
$88,172
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $116,060
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)
-
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
MastCIP: 5010
Median Debt
$86,219
Earnings (4yr)
$56,106
Natl Median: $59,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$217k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,482
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,545
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$76,136
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 (2yr)
$73,446
Natl Median: $106,375
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
Median Debt
$142,747
Earnings (4yr)
$128,052
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$418k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $125,988
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,665
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$107,821
Earnings (4yr)
$62,759
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$154k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,166
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$109,546
Earnings (4yr)
$73,547
Natl Median: $82,527
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$80,859
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,232
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $125,651
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
MastCIP: 0302
Median Debt
$87,574
Earnings (4yr)
$58,938
Natl Median: $72,563
Lifetime Value Added
-$190k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,486
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$112,491
Natl Median: $110,694
Lifetime Value Added
+$283k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Genetics
MastCIP: 2608
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,660
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,463
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$207,995
Natl Median: $89,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$1105k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $119,184
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $97,121
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,627
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
MastCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,034
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$91,882
Earnings (4yr)
$108,073
Natl Median: $101,000
Lifetime Value Added
+$245k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,716
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$53,382
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,807
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)
$104,625
Natl Median: $101,441
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
Median Debt
$138,890
Earnings (4yr)
$63,911
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
-$144k
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$55,826
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
-$219k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$78,494
Natl Median: $67,681
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
Psychology, General
MastCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,711
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$98,263
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$71,761
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$61,860
Natl Median: $80,125
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,972
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$54,982
Earnings (4yr)
$120,982
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$357k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,416
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
MastCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,330
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$88,324
Earnings (4yr)
$64,113
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$49,019
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$266k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,099
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,363
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$107,674
Earnings (4yr)
$81,316
Natl Median: $118,893
Lifetime Value Added
+$112k

Doctoral Degrees

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: $99,578
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
DocCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,931
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $97,173
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
DocCIP: 0302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,718
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: $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: $99,694
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
$67,117
Earnings (4yr)
$45,553
Natl Median: $59,592
Lifetime Value Added
-$455k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $87,076
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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
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: $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
$229,708
Earnings (4yr)
$174,255
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
+$509k
Median Debt
$172,735
Earnings (4yr)
$82,300
Natl Median: $82,893
Lifetime Value Added
-$168k
Sociology
DocCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,618
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
$173,398
Earnings (4yr)
$117,811
Natl Median: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$95k
Medicine
ProfCIP: 5112
Median Debt
$261,817
Earnings (4yr)
$94,678
Natl Median: $112,460
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k

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.