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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 27,264 Undergrads 68.2% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$37,284
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$27,314
After Aid
Median Earnings
$75,784
5yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$27,314
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$75,784Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$72,729Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate68.2%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)23.5
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients21.1%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time86.8%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS78.4%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
86.0%
SAT Avg
1,257
SAT Reading
25th: 60064575th: 690
SAT Math
25th: 59064075th: 690
ACT Composite
25th: 222675th: 29
ROI Sensitivity AnalysisAssuming 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
+$651k
+$181k
+$164k
Median Cost$27k/yr
+$553k
+$82k
+$66k
Full Cost$37k/yr
+$517k
+$47k
+$30k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
29
∞
Median Cost$27k/yr
42
67%
Full Cost$37k/yr
50
23%
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 Return133%
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
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$17,350
Earnings (4yr)
$94,253
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$218k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$18,422
Earnings (4yr)
$43,492
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$185k
Applied Mathematics
BachCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture and Related Services, Other
BachCIP: 0499
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,161
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$68,181
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
+$9k
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
BachCIP: 4004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,997
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$15,351
Earnings (4yr)
$62,950
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
BachCIP: 1405
Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$96,353
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$234k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$16,500
Earnings (4yr)
$81,252
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$119k
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1407
Median Debt
$22,375
Earnings (4yr)
$98,215
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$249k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$71,276
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$43k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$14,566
Earnings (4yr)
$85,097
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$149k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,429
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,750
Earnings (4yr)
$78,989
Natl Median: $75,975
Lifetime Value Added
+$102k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$16,067
Earnings (4yr)
$63,309
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$24,035
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
-$346k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$17,875
Earnings (4yr)
$114,197
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$370k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$137,329
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$544k
Computer Software and Media Applications
BachCIP: 1108
Median Debt
$26,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,894
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (5yr)
$37,199
Natl Median: $39,980
Lifetime Value Added
-$245k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$21,171
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$15,750
Earnings (4yr)
$49,802
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$131k
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1603
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,642
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$17,469
Earnings (4yr)
$84,146
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$141k
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (4yr)
$91,361
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$196k
Engineering, General
BachCIP: 1401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $89,359
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$15,805
Earnings (4yr)
$47,005
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$154k
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
BachCIP: 5207
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$88,795
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
+$164k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
$14,000
Earnings (5yr)
$60,245
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
-$54k
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 1999
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,475
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$49,841
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
-$130k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$17,187
Earnings (4yr)
$100,793
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$268k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$15,750
Earnings (4yr)
$50,166
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$128k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
$13,567
Earnings (4yr)
$54,757
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,867
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
-$23k
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1605
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,459
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
BachCIP: 5111
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$74,693
Natl Median: $61,911
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$21,955
Earnings (4yr)
$46,896
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$155k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,411
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$160k
Information Science/Studies
BachCIP: 1104
Median Debt
$14,812
Earnings (4yr)
$105,127
Natl Median: $85,294
Lifetime Value Added
+$301k
International/Globalization Studies
BachCIP: 3020
Median Debt
$18,450
Earnings (4yr)
$65,703
Natl Median: $59,972
Lifetime Value Added
-$425
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$44,336
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
-$177k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$19,071
Earnings (4yr)
$83,511
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$137k
Materials Engineering
BachCIP: 1418
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,449
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$10,875
Earnings (4yr)
$71,059
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$41k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$21,073
Earnings (4yr)
$91,127
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$195k
Metallurgical Engineering
BachCIP: 1420
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,722
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mining and Mineral Engineering
BachCIP: 1421
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$98,899
Natl Median: $101,390
Lifetime Value Added
+$239k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$18,852
Earnings (4yr)
$49,240
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$136k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
$22,450
Earnings (5yr)
$63,715
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$26k
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
BachCIP: 3101
Median Debt
$24,750
Earnings (4yr)
$59,855
Natl Median: $50,983
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
BachCIP: 3005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,114
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physical Sciences, Other
BachCIP: 4099
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,096
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$18,162
Earnings (4yr)
$77,158
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$88k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$68,490
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$52,440
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$109k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,200
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
-$86k
Median Debt
$12,500
Earnings (4yr)
$86,243
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$157k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
BachCIP: 5123
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,792
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Religion/Religious Studies
BachCIP: 3802
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,686
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
+$77k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$64,568
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
-$9k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,169
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Sciences, General
BachCIP: 4501
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,708
Natl Median: $53,366
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$13,928
Earnings (4yr)
$59,551
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$50k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$17,050
Earnings (4yr)
$50,087
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$128k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$13,239
Earnings (4yr)
$64,356
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$11k
Sustainability Studies
BachCIP: 3033
Median Debt
$12,170
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,887
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,939
Earnings (4yr)
$61,081
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Visual and Performing Arts, General
BachCIP: 5001
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,688
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$24,084
Earnings (4yr)
$109,883
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$277k
Median Debt
$91,547
Earnings (4yr)
$129,233
Natl Median: $127,347
Lifetime Value Added
+$445k
Anthropology
MastCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,276
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architectural Sciences and Technology
MastCIP: 0409
Median Debt
$43,045
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
MastCIP: 4004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,482
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,121
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
MastCIP: 1405
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $106,375
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biotechnology
MastCIP: 2612
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,682
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$144,680
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$578k
Chemical Engineering
MastCIP: 1407
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,468
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$110,193
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$261k
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
MastCIP: 4228
Median Debt
$29,887
Earnings (4yr)
$80,164
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,984
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication and Media Studies
MastCIP: 0901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
MastCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$70,303
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
-$69k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
MastCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Engineering
MastCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$38,750
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $136,736
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Software and Media Applications
MastCIP: 1108
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$93,475
Natl Median: $120,083
Lifetime Value Added
+$134k
Dance
MastCIP: 5003
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,404
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
MastCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,743
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$75,629
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$23k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$130,769
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
+$436k
English Language and Literature, General
MastCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
MastCIP: 5006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,486
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Fine and Studio Arts
MastCIP: 5007
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
Geography and Cartography
MastCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,784
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
MastCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,463
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Geological/Geophysical Engineering
MastCIP: 1439
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $94,646
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Gerontology
MastCIP: 3011
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,618
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health and Medical Administrative Services
MastCIP: 5107
Median Debt
$45,853
Earnings (4yr)
$114,128
Natl Median: $89,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$314k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $78,149
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,524
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Information Science/Studies
MastCIP: 1104
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$127,158
Natl Median: $112,705
Lifetime Value Added
+$427k
International/Globalization Studies
MastCIP: 3020
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,219
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
MastCIP: 2202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $101,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,716
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
MastCIP: 5213
Median Debt
$30,750
Earnings (4yr)
$115,739
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
+$328k
Materials Engineering
MastCIP: 1418
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $112,282
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics and Computer Science
MastCIP: 3008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,309
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
MastCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mechanical Engineering
MastCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$106,317
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
+$246k
Medical Illustration and Informatics
MastCIP: 5127
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$137,424
Natl Median: $101,441
Lifetime Value Added
+$516k
Metallurgical Engineering
MastCIP: 1420
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $113,209
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$25,090
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
-$512k
Nuclear Engineering
MastCIP: 1423
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $117,400
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Nutrition Sciences
MastCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$74,055
Natl Median: $67,126
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
MastCIP: 3101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,313
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Petroleum Engineering
MastCIP: 1425
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $147,771
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $129,214
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physical Sciences, Other
MastCIP: 4099
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,471
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
MastCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,478
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
MastCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $78,850
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$36,166
Earnings (4yr)
$80,501
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$20k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$39,000
Earnings (4yr)
$70,327
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
-$69k
Public Policy Analysis
MastCIP: 4405
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,020
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Real Estate
MastCIP: 5215
Median Debt
$47,314
Earnings (4yr)
$122,525
Natl Median: $135,104
Lifetime Value Added
+$387k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$85,070
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$90k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
MastCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$71,017
Earnings (4yr)
$72,964
Natl Median: $71,416
Lifetime Value Added
-$46k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
MastCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,035
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
MastCIP: 1309
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$67,488
Natl Median: $66,129
Lifetime Value Added
-$95k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$35,304
Earnings (4yr)
$67,368
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$96k
Sociology
MastCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,330
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$27,450
Earnings (4yr)
$73,872
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$66,826
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$112k
Doctoral Degrees
Anthropology
DocCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,473
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
DocCIP: 4004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $102,099
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
DocCIP: 2602
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
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
DocCIP: 1405
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
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
DocCIP: 2604
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
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
DocCIP: 4228
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$92,052
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Communication and Media Studies
DocCIP: 0901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,931
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
DocCIP: 5102
Median Debt
$82,000
Earnings (4yr)
$82,597
Natl Median: $88,343
Lifetime Value Added
-$133k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
DocCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $154,538
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
DocCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $135,560
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
DocCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Genetics
DocCIP: 2608
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $102,123
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Geography and Cartography
DocCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,469
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
Mechanical Engineering
DocCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $131,070
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Medical Illustration and Informatics
DocCIP: 5127
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $162,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
DocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,592
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
DocCIP: 2615
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$140,334
Earnings (4yr)
$149,652
Natl Median: $136,696
Lifetime Value Added
+$362k
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
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
DocCIP: 2609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,640
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
DocCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,908
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
DocCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $108,962
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$57,505
Earnings (4yr)
$133,019
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
+$240k
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
DocCIP: 5123
Median Debt
$100,203
Earnings (4yr)
$78,651
Natl Median: $82,893
Lifetime Value Added
-$162k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,768
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
Special Education and Teaching
DocCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $90,739
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
DocCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,993
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Professional Degrees
Dentistry
ProfCIP: 5104
Median Debt
$279,129
Earnings (4yr)
$153,714
Natl Median: $170,812
Lifetime Value Added
+$392k
Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (4yr)
$113,168
Natl Median: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$94k
Medicine
ProfCIP: 5112
Median Debt
$196,445
Earnings (4yr)
$103,469
Natl Median: $112,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
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.