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University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 13,848 Undergrads 58.2% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$19,628
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$10,170
After Aid
Median Earnings
$48,160
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$10,170
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$48,160
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate58.2%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients48.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time84.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS67.9%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
89.8%
SAT Avg
1,187
SAT Reading
25th: 56060875th: 660
SAT Math
25th: 54057075th: 620
ACT Composite
25th: 222475th: 27
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
+$422k
+$26k
-$62k
Median Cost$10k/yr
+$386k
-$11k
-$99k
Full Cost$20k/yr
+$352k
-$45k
-$133k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
Never
-∞
Median Cost$10k/yr
Never
-270%
Full Cost$20k/yr
Never
-188%
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 Return-225%
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-98%
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
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$19,979
Earnings (5yr)
$60,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$10k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$44,735
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
Apparel and Textiles
BachCIP: 1909
Median Debt
$25,237
Earnings (5yr)
$53,467
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$20,672
Earnings (2yr)
$32,925
Lifetime Value Added
-$202k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$25,407
Earnings (5yr)
$47,546
Lifetime Value Added
-$96k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$23,137
Earnings (5yr)
$55,523
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (5yr)
$43,769
Lifetime Value Added
-$127k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$20,537
Earnings (5yr)
$49,671
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$24,403
Earnings (5yr)
$104,755
Lifetime Value Added
+$343k
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
BachCIP: 1109
Median Debt
$23,914
Earnings (5yr)
$60,500
Lifetime Value Added
+$9k
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$26,102
Lifetime Value Added
-$278k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$48,573
Lifetime Value Added
-$87k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (5yr)
$30,986
Lifetime Value Added
-$236k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,622
Lifetime Value Added
+$2k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$17,583
Earnings (5yr)
$43,183
Lifetime Value Added
-$132k
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
BachCIP: 5207
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$44,708
Lifetime Value Added
-$120k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$38,469
Lifetime Value Added
-$172k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$22,520
Earnings (5yr)
$67,570
Lifetime Value Added
+$64k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$24,360
Earnings (5yr)
$39,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$163k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$50,081
Lifetime Value Added
-$75k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$22,625
Earnings (5yr)
$46,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$106k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$23,139
Earnings (5yr)
$42,385
Lifetime Value Added
-$139k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$21,875
Earnings (5yr)
$51,141
Lifetime Value Added
-$66k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1907
Median Debt
$24,993
Earnings (5yr)
$41,600
Lifetime Value Added
-$146k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$64,373
Lifetime Value Added
+$39k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$46,623
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$18,759
Earnings (5yr)
$53,880
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$26,250
Earnings (5yr)
$44,545
Lifetime Value Added
-$121k
Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$42,095
Lifetime Value Added
-$141k
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
BachCIP: 3103
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$45,403
Lifetime Value Added
-$114k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$23,552
Earnings (5yr)
$50,622
Lifetime Value Added
-$70k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$21,762
Earnings (5yr)
$44,375
Lifetime Value Added
-$122k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$24,966
Earnings (5yr)
$49,076
Lifetime Value Added
-$83k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$21,150
Earnings (5yr)
$79,183
Lifetime Value Added
+$151k
Religion/Religious Studies
BachCIP: 3802
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$20,140
Lifetime Value Added
-$319k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$21,553
Earnings (5yr)
$40,252
Lifetime Value Added
-$157k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$47,931
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$24,275
Earnings (5yr)
$43,912
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (5yr)
$44,554
Lifetime Value Added
-$121k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$22,354
Earnings (5yr)
$46,600
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
BachCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (2yr)
$36,848
Lifetime Value Added
-$167k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$86,988
Lifetime Value Added
+$309k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
MastCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$46,488
Earnings (5yr)
$51,347
Lifetime Value Added
-$6k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$33,363
Earnings (5yr)
$93,867
Lifetime Value Added
+$368k
Business/Managerial Economics
MastCIP: 5206
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$63,749
Lifetime Value Added
+$142k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$32,308
Earnings (5yr)
$56,827
Lifetime Value Added
+$45k
Community Organization and Advocacy
MastCIP: 4402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$46,087
Lifetime Value Added
-$29k
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
MastCIP: 1109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$104,490
Lifetime Value Added
+$459k
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,437
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
Dance
MastCIP: 5003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Lifetime Value Added
-$245k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
MastCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$50,373
Lifetime Value Added
-$15k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$28,636
Earnings (5yr)
$54,191
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$45,500
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$41,840
Lifetime Value Added
-$97k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
MastCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$25,775
Earnings (5yr)
$53,660
Lifetime Value Added
+$16k
Library Science and Administration
MastCIP: 2501
Median Debt
$29,184
Earnings (5yr)
$50,635
Lifetime Value Added
-$13k
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$29,590
Earnings (5yr)
$54,504
Lifetime Value Added
+$24k
Nutrition Sciences
MastCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,984
Lifetime Value Added
+$47k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$53,746
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$32,676
Earnings (5yr)
$66,853
Lifetime Value Added
+$135k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$173,996
Lifetime Value Added
+$1049k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
MastCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,598
Lifetime Value Added
-$209k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$31,791
Earnings (5yr)
$57,601
Lifetime Value Added
+$52k
Graduate Certificates
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Gr-CertCIP: 1109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$82,440
Lifetime Value Added
+$394k
Nutrition Sciences
Gr-CertCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,905
Lifetime Value Added
+$104k
Doctoral Degrees
Education, General
DocCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$81,604
Lifetime Value Added
+$125k
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$94,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$261k
English Language and Literature, General
DocCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$57,934
Lifetime Value Added
-$51k
Music
DocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$61,755
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
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.