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University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham, NH 11,230 Undergrads 77.5% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$34,567
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$23,261
After Aid
Median Earnings
$66,479
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$23,261
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$66,479
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate77.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients18.4%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time98.3%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS81.4%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
86.9%
SAT Avg
1,229
SAT Reading
25th: 57061075th: 670
SAT Math
25th: 55059575th: 650
ACT Composite
25th: 262875th: 31
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
+$567k
+$170k
+$82k
Median Cost$23k/yr
+$483k
+$87k
-$1k
Full Cost$35k/yr
+$442k
+$46k
-$42k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
34
∞
Median Cost$23k/yr
Never
-2%
Full Cost$35k/yr
Never
-34%
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 Return32%
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-48%
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
Associate's Degrees
Animal Sciences
AssocCIP: 0109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$38,009
Lifetime Value Added
-$122k
Business/Commerce, General
AssocCIP: 5201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$54,196
Lifetime Value Added
+$36k
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$66,912
Lifetime Value Added
+$154k
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 0183
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$40,501
Lifetime Value Added
-$97k
Bachelor's Degrees
Agricultural Production Operations
BachCIP: 0103
Median Debt
$24,737
Earnings (5yr)
$48,668
Lifetime Value Added
-$134k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$51,737
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (2yr)
$22,667
Lifetime Value Added
-$343k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$77,436
Lifetime Value Added
+$91k
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 2699
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$34,348
Lifetime Value Added
-$236k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$26,250
Earnings (5yr)
$73,435
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$86,306
Lifetime Value Added
+$157k
Chemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1407
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$100,504
Lifetime Value Added
+$264k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$82,691
Lifetime Value Added
+$130k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$83,294
Lifetime Value Added
+$135k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$25,990
Earnings (5yr)
$69,538
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$26,981
Earnings (5yr)
$63,317
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$110,370
Lifetime Value Added
+$337k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$119,682
Lifetime Value Added
+$407k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$60,259
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Criminology
BachCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$59,763
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$31,491
Lifetime Value Added
-$279k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$84,298
Lifetime Value Added
+$142k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$26,546
Earnings (5yr)
$101,270
Lifetime Value Added
+$269k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$24,250
Earnings (5yr)
$50,158
Lifetime Value Added
-$121k
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
BachCIP: 1414
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$80,259
Lifetime Value Added
+$112k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
$24,766
Earnings (5yr)
$56,495
Lifetime Value Added
-$70k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$46,221
Lifetime Value Added
-$154k
Genetics
BachCIP: 2608
Median Debt
$26,994
Earnings (5yr)
$80,032
Lifetime Value Added
+$110k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,598
Lifetime Value Added
-$289k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
BachCIP: 5107
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$80,762
Lifetime Value Added
+$116k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$24,267
Earnings (5yr)
$50,713
Lifetime Value Added
-$117k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$22,750
Earnings (5yr)
$53,066
Lifetime Value Added
-$98k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$59,040
Lifetime Value Added
-$49k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1907
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$49,608
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$69,297
Lifetime Value Added
+$30k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$40,539
Lifetime Value Added
-$202k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
BachCIP: 1601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$48,165
Lifetime Value Added
-$138k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$93,816
Lifetime Value Added
+$214k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$24,250
Earnings (5yr)
$54,353
Lifetime Value Added
-$87k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$49,668
Lifetime Value Added
-$125k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$26,250
Earnings (5yr)
$55,743
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (2yr)
$44,933
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
BachCIP: 2615
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$65,560
Lifetime Value Added
+$2k
Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$61,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
BachCIP: 3103
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$56,149
Lifetime Value Added
-$73k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Lifetime Value Added
-$320k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$53,358
Lifetime Value Added
-$69k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$68,778
Lifetime Value Added
+$26k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$55,519
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$82,473
Lifetime Value Added
+$129k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
BachCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$71,901
Lifetime Value Added
+$49k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$50,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$118k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$49,321
Lifetime Value Added
-$128k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$56,595
Lifetime Value Added
-$69k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$43,785
Lifetime Value Added
-$174k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,364
Lifetime Value Added
-$112k
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
BachCIP: 0306
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$42,217
Lifetime Value Added
-$188k
Zoology/Animal Biology
BachCIP: 2607
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$42,300
Lifetime Value Added
-$187k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$101,202
Lifetime Value Added
+$407k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$76,383
Lifetime Value Added
+$194k
Business/Commerce, General
MastCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$35,610
Earnings (5yr)
$122,492
Lifetime Value Added
+$589k
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$93,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$340k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (5yr)
$67,308
Lifetime Value Added
+$115k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
MastCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$75,706
Lifetime Value Added
+$228k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
MastCIP: 1907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$42,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
Mechanical Engineering
MastCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$75,204
Lifetime Value Added
+$223k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
MastCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$42,682
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$57,318
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$32,458
Earnings (5yr)
$107,983
Lifetime Value Added
+$465k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
MastCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$30,750
Earnings (5yr)
$72,530
Lifetime Value Added
+$161k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
MastCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$37,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$51,250
Earnings (5yr)
$64,183
Lifetime Value Added
+$88k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$43,798
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$54,724
Lifetime Value Added
+$2k
Doctoral Degrees
Law
DocCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (5yr)
$98,754
Lifetime Value Added
+$203k
Psychology, General
DocCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$55,964
Lifetime Value Added
-$87k
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.