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University of Redlands

Redlands, CA 2,049 Undergrads 67.0% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$76,630
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$30,031
After Aid
Median Earnings
$75,863
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$30,031
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$75,863
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$72,690
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate67.0%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age23.4
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients36.1%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time93.6%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS79.9%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
82.7%
SAT Avg
1,241
SAT Reading
25th: 56061575th: 680
SAT Math
25th: 54758075th: 670
ACT Composite
25th: 212975th: 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)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$659k
+$192k
+$174k
Median Cost$30k/yr
+$551k
+$84k
+$66k
Full Cost$77k/yr
+$383k
-$84k
-$101k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
29
∞
Median Cost$30k/yr
42
61%
Full Cost$77k/yr
Never
-37%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • 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
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

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 Return22%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

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%
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, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$79,833
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$97k
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
BachCIP: 5010
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,240
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$26,040
Earnings (4yr)
$66,639
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$85,278
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$138k
Median Debt
$37,162
Earnings (4yr)
$85,066
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
+$136k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (4yr)
$71,767
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,374
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
+$62k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$20,373
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
-$389k
Median Debt
$26,874
Earnings (4yr)
$50,810
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$132k
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,185
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$53,394
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,234
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$63k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,236
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$316k
Median Debt
$26,967
Earnings (4yr)
$53,260
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
-$112k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$59,275
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$63k
Median Debt
$25,943
Earnings (4yr)
$57,319
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$64,353
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$55,739
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$70,080
Natl Median: $73,721
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$39,613
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
-$234k
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$67,126
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
-$654
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$24,500
Earnings (4yr)
$62,516
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$40,815
Earnings (4yr)
$102,867
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$210k
Median Debt
$34,167
Earnings (4yr)
$107,522
Natl Median: $125,988
Lifetime Value Added
+$251k
Median Debt
$79,953
Earnings (4yr)
$87,942
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
+$79k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$95,860
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
+$149k
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$88,672
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
+$86k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,784
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$128,274
Natl Median: $112,705
Lifetime Value Added
+$431k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,974
Natl Median: $59,571
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$31,125
Earnings (4yr)
$79,819
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
+$8k
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$82,138
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
+$29k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$128,897
Natl Median: $76,897
Lifetime Value Added
+$437k
Median Debt
$30,750
Earnings (4yr)
$76,286
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$23k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,300
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,288
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,774
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $113,566
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,982
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Other Programs

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,426
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,560
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,217
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,452
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,711
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
DegCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,915
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,406
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,802
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

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.