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Chemistry.

Master's Degree•258 Institutions

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.

Annual Full Cost vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution. Shows the spread of annual sticker price (or net price if sticker price is unavailable) vs earnings 4 years post-grad.

Field Median ($94,728)
P25-P75 Interval ($73,698 - $103,532)
Bachelor's Baseline ($56,938)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)

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 →

Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Austin
TX
$139,050
Nat: $82,937
5yr Post-Grad
$18,554
/yr
-
+$523k
Chicago
IL
$125,206
Nat: $82,937
5yr Post-Grad
$22,443
/yr
-
+$398k
Los Angeles
CA
$107,724
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$14,659
/yr
-
+$282k
Villanova
PA
$109,388
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$41,536
/yr
-
+$247k
Minneapolis
MN
$103,532
Nat: $82,937
5yr Post-Grad
$17,330
/yr
-
+$222k
Queens
NY
$101,669
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$24,508
/yr
-
+$211k
Wilmington
NC
$99,106
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$19,570
/yr
-
+$197k
Tallahassee
FL
$94,513
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$8,605
/yr
-
+$177k
Ann Arbor
MI
$95,163
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$14,362
/yr
-
+$172k
Eugene
OR
$94,728
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$22,547
/yr
$34,918
+$154k
Atlanta
GA
$78,070
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$12,365
/yr
-
+$26k
Boston
MA
$75,706
Nat: $82,937
2yr Post-Grad
$29,060
/yr
-
+$2k
Birmingham
AL
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,630
/yr
-
-$0
Huntsville
AL
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,758
/yr
-
-$0
Auburn
AL
-
Nat: $82,937
$25,424
/yr
-
-$0
Tuskegee
AL
-
Nat: $82,937
$40,141
/yr
-
-$0
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks
AK
-
Nat: $82,937
$7,570
/yr
-
-$0
Tempe
AZ
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,694
/yr
-
-$0
Tucson
AZ
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,125
/yr
-
-$0
Flagstaff
AZ
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,265
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock
AR
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,882
/yr
-
-$0
Fayetteville
AR
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,571
/yr
-
-$0
Jonesboro
AR
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,441
/yr
-
-$0
Pasadena
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$8,509
/yr
-
-$0
San Luis Obispo
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,832
/yr
-
-$0
Pomona
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$9,404
/yr
-
-$0
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$5,418
/yr
-
-$0
Fullerton
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$5,115
/yr
-
-$0
Hayward
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$6,858
/yr
-
-$0
Long Beach
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$9,426
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$2,385
/yr
-
-$0
Northridge
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$6,346
/yr
-
-$0
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,186
/yr
-
-$0
Berkeley
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,538
/yr
-
-$0
Davis
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,318
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,866
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,672
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Barbara
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,807
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Cruz
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,549
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,243
/yr
-
-$0
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$9,803
/yr
-
-$0
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$30,496
/yr
-
-$0
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $82,937
$10,217
/yr
-
-$0
Boulder
CO
-
Nat: $82,937
$23,708
/yr
-
-$0
Golden
CO
-
Nat: $82,937
$32,901
/yr
-
-$0
Fort Collins
CO
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,247
/yr
-
-$0
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $82,937
$31,961
/yr
-
-$0
Greeley
CO
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,711
/yr
-
-$0
Colorado State University Pueblo
Pueblo
CO
-
Nat: $82,937
$8,851
/yr
-
-$0
Storrs
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$24,342
/yr
-
-$0
Fairfield
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$45,827
/yr
-
-$0
West Hartford
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$28,249
/yr
-
-$0
New Haven
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$21,029
/yr
-
-$0
Middletown
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$23,014
/yr
-
-$0
Newark
DE
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,337
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $82,937
$41,302
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $82,937
$35,760
/yr
-
-$0
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $82,937
$33,661
/yr
-
-$0
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,516
/yr
-
-$0
Tallahassee
FL
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,220
/yr
-
-$0
Boca Raton
FL
-
Nat: $82,937
$10,394
/yr
-
-$0
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne
FL
-
Nat: $82,937
$36,511
/yr
-
-$0
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,462
/yr
-
-$0
Gainesville
FL
-
Nat: $82,937
$5,969
/yr
-
-$0
Tampa
FL
-
Nat: $82,937
$8,648
/yr
-
-$0
Atlanta
GA
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,754
/yr
-
-$0
Atlanta
GA
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,028
/yr
-
-$0
Athens
GA
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,636
/yr
-
-$0
Honolulu
HI
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,122
/yr
-
-$0
Boise
ID
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,423
/yr
-
-$0
Idaho State University
Pocatello
ID
-
Nat: $82,937
$8,910
/yr
-
-$0
Peoria
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,469
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,776
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$27,108
/yr
-
-$0
Governors State University
University Park
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,833
/yr
-
-$0
Champaign
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,042
/yr
-
-$0
Normal
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,829
/yr
-
-$0
Romeoville
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,318
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$36,340
/yr
-
-$0
Dekalb
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,505
/yr
-
-$0
Evanston
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$34,420
/yr
-
-$0
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$9,377
/yr
-
-$0
Carbondale
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,554
/yr
-
-$0
Edwardsville
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,111
/yr
-
-$0
Macomb
IL
-
Nat: $82,937
$10,018
/yr
-
-$0
Muncie
IN
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,877
/yr
-
-$0
Bloomington
IN
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,003
/yr
-
-$0
Notre Dame
IN
-
Nat: $82,937
$25,339
/yr
-
-$0
Ames
IA
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,517
/yr
-
-$0
Iowa City
IA
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,508
/yr
-
-$0
Lawrence
KS
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,004
/yr
-
-$0
Manhattan
KS
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,210
/yr
-
-$0
Pittsburg
KS
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,291
/yr
-
-$0
Wichita
KS
-
Nat: $82,937
$10,307
/yr
-
-$0
Richmond
KY
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,925
/yr
-
-$0
Lexington
KY
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,868
/yr
$41,000
-$0
Louisville
KY
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,960
/yr
-
-$0
Murray
KY
-
Nat: $82,937
$7,350
/yr
-
-$0
Bowling Green
KY
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,789
/yr
-
-$0
Baton Rouge
LA
-
Nat: $82,937
$19,286
/yr
-
-$0
University of New Orleans
New Orleans
LA
-
Nat: $82,937
$7,761
/yr
-
-$0
Orono
ME
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,224
/yr
-
-$0
Baltimore
MD
-
Nat: $82,937
$25,203
/yr
-
-$0
Chestnut Hill
MA
-
Nat: $82,937
$38,930
/yr
-
-$0
Waltham
MA
-
Nat: $82,937
$30,606
/yr
-
-$0
Lowell
MA
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,362
/yr
-
-$0
Amherst
MA
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,857
/yr
-
-$0
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,548
/yr
-
-$0
North Dartmouth
MA
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,319
/yr
-
-$0
Medford
MA
-
Nat: $82,937
$38,797
/yr
-
-$0
Mount Pleasant
MI
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,201
/yr
-
-$0
Ypsilanti
MI
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,628
/yr
-
-$0
East Lansing
MI
-
Nat: $82,937
$21,322
/yr
-
-$0
Houghton
MI
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,446
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester Hills
MI
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,815
/yr
-
-$0
Detroit
MI
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,212
/yr
-
-$0
Kalamazoo
MI
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,902
/yr
-
-$0
Duluth
MN
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,395
/yr
-
-$0
Jackson State University
Jackson
MS
-
Nat: $82,937
$34,119
/yr
-
-$0
University
MS
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,752
/yr
-
-$0
Mississippi State
MS
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,781
/yr
-
-$0
Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph
MO
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,379
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
MO
-
Nat: $82,937
$21,142
/yr
-
-$0
Kansas City
MO
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,778
/yr
-
-$0
Rolla
MO
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,772
/yr
-
-$0
University of Missouri-St Louis
Saint Louis
MO
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,990
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Louis
MO
-
Nat: $82,937
$29,674
/yr
-
-$0
Springfield
MO
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,270
/yr
-
-$0
Bozeman
MT
-
Nat: $82,937
$23,106
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Montana
Missoula
MT
-
Nat: $82,937
$21,302
/yr
-
-$0
Lincoln
NE
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,214
/yr
-
-$0
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,062
/yr
-
-$0
Reno
NV
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,797
/yr
-
-$0
Hanover
NH
-
Nat: $82,937
$26,707
/yr
-
-$0
Durham
NH
-
Nat: $82,937
$26,150
/yr
-
-$0
Teaneck
NJ
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,923
/yr
-
-$0
Madison
NJ
-
Nat: $82,937
$24,803
/yr
-
-$0
Montclair
NJ
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,193
/yr
-
-$0
Newark
NJ
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,783
/yr
-
-$0
South Orange
NJ
-
Nat: $82,937
$31,552
/yr
-
-$0
Hoboken
NJ
-
Nat: $82,937
$37,396
/yr
-
-$0
Portales
NM
-
Nat: $82,937
$5,238
/yr
-
-$0
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas
NM
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,315
/yr
-
-$0
Socorro
NM
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,862
/yr
-
-$0
Las Cruces
NM
-
Nat: $82,937
$6,313
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,370
/yr
-
-$0
Ithaca
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$33,934
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$1,557
/yr
-
-$0
Troy
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$32,758
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$37,232
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$34,347
/yr
-
-$0
Albany
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,266
/yr
-
-$0
Vestal
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,907
/yr
-
-$0
Buffalo
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$21,775
/yr
-
-$0
Stony Brook
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,902
/yr
-
-$0
Oswego
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,300
/yr
-
-$0
Syracuse
NY
-
Nat: $82,937
$43,336
/yr
-
-$0
Greenville
NC
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,880
/yr
-
-$0
Greensboro
NC
-
Nat: $82,937
$9,884
/yr
-
-$0
Chapel Hill
NC
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,305
/yr
-
-$0
Charlotte
NC
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,142
/yr
-
-$0
Greensboro
NC
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,291
/yr
-
-$0
Raleigh
NC
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,486
/yr
-
-$0
Winston-Salem
NC
-
Nat: $82,937
$28,165
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Forks
ND
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,131
/yr
-
-$0
Fargo
ND
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,636
/yr
-
-$0
Akron
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,072
/yr
-
-$0
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$44,622
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$24,917
/yr
-
-$0
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,754
/yr
-
-$0
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$30,366
/yr
-
-$0
Kent
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,294
/yr
-
-$0
Oxford
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$29,447
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,269
/yr
-
-$0
Athens
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,666
/yr
$20,500
-$0
Toledo
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,406
/yr
-
-$0
Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,715
/yr
-
-$0
Stillwater
OK
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,058
/yr
-
-$0
Norman
OK
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,531
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,511
/yr
-
-$0
Portland State University
Portland
OR
-
Nat: $82,937
$8,337
/yr
-
-$0
Bryn Mawr
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$44,593
/yr
-
-$0
Lewisburg
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$50,021
/yr
-
-$0
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$35,780
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$37,529
/yr
-
-$0
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$37,704
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,391
/yr
-
-$0
Bethlehem
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$25,272
/yr
-
-$0
University Park
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$33,675
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$29,577
/yr
-
-$0
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$29,362
/yr
-
-$0
Scranton
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$32,132
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$23,058
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $82,937
$25,555
/yr
-
-$0
Providence
RI
-
Nat: $82,937
$26,976
/yr
-
-$0
Kingston
RI
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,469
/yr
-
-$0
Clemson
SC
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,032
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
SC
-
Nat: $82,937
$22,197
/yr
-
-$0
Brookings
SD
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,139
/yr
-
-$0
Vermillion
SD
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,028
/yr
-
-$0
Memphis
TN
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,192
/yr
-
-$0
Murfreesboro
TN
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,562
/yr
-
-$0
Knoxville
TN
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,314
/yr
-
-$0
Tennessee State University
Nashville
TN
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,154
/yr
-
-$0
Cookeville
TN
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,830
/yr
-
-$0
Nashville
TN
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,497
/yr
-
-$0
Waco
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$44,441
/yr
-
-$0
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,843
/yr
-
-$0
East Texas A&M University
Commerce
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,974
/yr
-
-$0
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,852
/yr
-
-$0
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,439
/yr
-
-$0
Lamar University
Beaumont
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$7,984
/yr
-
-$0
Denton
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,358
/yr
-
-$0
Edinburg
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$4,858
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,638
/yr
-
-$0
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,164
/yr
-
-$0
Huntsville
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,788
/yr
-
-$0
San Marcos
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,660
/yr
-
-$0
Kingsville
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,212
/yr
-
-$0
College Station
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$21,527
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$17,040
/yr
-
-$0
Richardson
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,271
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$9,872
/yr
-
-$0
Texas Southern University
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,494
/yr
-
-$0
Denton
TX
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,060
/yr
-
-$0
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $82,937
$27,314
/yr
-
-$0
Burlington
VT
-
Nat: $82,937
$20,277
/yr
-
-$0
Williamsburg
VA
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,880
/yr
-
-$0
Fairfax
VA
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,697
/yr
-
-$0
Norfolk
VA
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,913
/yr
-
-$0
Blacksburg
VA
-
Nat: $82,937
$25,808
/yr
-
-$0
Richmond
VA
-
Nat: $82,937
$25,037
/yr
-
-$0
Charlottesville
VA
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,056
/yr
-
-$0
Ellensburg
WA
-
Nat: $82,937
$21,201
/yr
-
-$0
Pullman
WA
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,462
/yr
-
-$0
Bellingham
WA
-
Nat: $82,937
$19,963
/yr
-
-$0
Huntington
WV
-
Nat: $82,937
$7,341
/yr
-
-$0
Morgantown
WV
-
Nat: $82,937
$18,020
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $82,937
$30,561
/yr
-
-$0
Madison
WI
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,600
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $82,937
$15,625
/yr
-
-$0
Ponce
PR
-
Nat: $82,937
$10,578
/yr
-
-$0
Mayaguez
PR
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,997
/yr
-
-$0
Stanford
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$12,307
/yr
-
-$0
West Lafayette
IN
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,851
/yr
-
-$0
Waterbury
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$8,616
/yr
-
-$0
Groton
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,184
/yr
-
-$0
Stamford
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$14,226
/yr
-
-$0
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $82,937
$11,583
/yr
-
-$0
Hartford
CT
-
Nat: $82,937
$13,961
/yr
-
-$0
Kennesaw
GA
-
Nat: $82,937
$16,325
/yr
-
-$0
Cullowhee
NC
$73,698
Nat: $82,937
5yr Post-Grad
$13,025
/yr
-
-$26k
Camden
Earnings shared by 3 Rutgers University campuses, which report as one program.
NJ
$65,524
Nat: $82,937
5yr Post-Grad
$15,732
/yr
-
-$103k
Newark
Earnings shared by 3 Rutgers University campuses, which report as one program.
NJ
$65,524
Nat: $82,937
5yr Post-Grad
$16,013
/yr
-
-$103k
New Brunswick
Earnings shared by 3 Rutgers University campuses, which report as one program.
NJ
$65,524
Nat: $82,937
5yr Post-Grad
$24,897
/yr
-
-$120k
Bowling Green
OH
$59,919
Nat: $82,937
4yr Post-Grad
$21,453
/yr
-
-$153k
La Jolla
CA
$50,105
Nat: $82,937
2yr Post-Grad
$14,794
/yr
-
-$215k
Lake Charles
LA
$44,384
Nat: $82,937
2yr Post-Grad
$11,228
/yr
-
-$266k
Analysis Notes:
  • Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median bachelor's degree holder, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes.
  • Avg Net Price: The average price paid by students who receive federal financial aid (grants/loans).Note: For graduate programs, the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition and net price.