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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 ($142,461)
P25-P75 Interval ($119,962 - $171,253)
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 Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanford | CA | $255,667 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $12,307 /yr | $33,500 | +$1537k |
San Luis Obispo | CA | $235,241 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $18,832 /yr | - | +$1361k |
La Jolla | CA | $231,397 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $14,794 /yr | $42,970 | +$1338k |
Ithaca | NY | $235,762 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $33,934 /yr | $36,706 | +$1338k |
New York | NY | $217,418 Nat: $145,571 5yr Post-Grad | $15,370 /yr | $41,000 | +$1187k |
Providence | RI | $208,655 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $26,976 /yr | - | +$1128k |
Troy | NY | $200,027 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $32,758 /yr | - | +$1044k |
Evanston | IL | $197,823 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $34,420 /yr | $51,159 | +$1022k |
Los Angeles | CA | $188,871 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $33,056 /yr | $41,882 | +$948k |
Philadelphia | PA | $188,550 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $37,529 /yr | - | +$937k |
Seattle | WA | $185,607 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $34,324 /yr | $51,459 | +$918k |
Northridge | CA | $178,136 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $6,346 /yr | - | +$905k |
Champaign | IL | $179,395 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $13,042 /yr | $22,875 | +$903k |
Scottsdale Earnings shared by 2 Arizona State University campuses, which report as one program. | AZ | $177,303 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $11,594 /yr | $21,922 | +$888k |
Tempe Earnings shared by 2 Arizona State University campuses, which report as one program. | AZ | $177,303 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $14,694 /yr | $21,922 | +$882k |
Irvine | CA | $175,922 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $13,866 /yr | $20,500 | +$872k |
Atlanta | GA | $169,689 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $12,028 /yr | $27,346 | +$822k |
Chicago | IL | $169,765 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $16,776 /yr | $69,006 | +$814k |
St. Louis | MO | $167,975 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $13,360 /yr | - | +$805k |
Hoboken | NJ | $171,253 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $37,396 /yr | $39,180 | +$789k |
Raleigh | NC | $164,757 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $16,486 /yr | $25,485 | +$771k |
Rochester | NY | $162,539 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $37,232 /yr | - | +$714k |
Amherst | MA | $154,099 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $22,857 /yr | $26,022 | +$668k |
Lowell | MA | $151,603 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $17,362 /yr | - | +$656k |
Boston | MA | $153,937 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $36,503 /yr | - | +$641k |
Towson | MD | $149,320 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $18,120 /yr | - | +$635k |
Portland | OR | $145,715 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $8,337 /yr | $39,144 | +$622k |
Boulder | CO | $148,463 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $23,708 /yr | $20,500 | +$618k |
Chicago | IL | $145,430 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $9,540 /yr | - | +$618k |
Philadelphia | PA | $147,612 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $29,577 /yr | - | +$600k |
Golden | CO | $147,702 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $32,901 /yr | $28,549 | +$594k |
Pomona | CA | $141,744 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $9,404 /yr | - | +$586k |
College Station | TX | $142,377 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $21,527 /yr | - | +$569k |
Fort Lauderdale | FL | $142,461 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $27,714 /yr | - | +$559k |
Fairfield | IA | $139,773 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $16,579 /yr | $68,102 | +$556k |
Knoxville | TN | $135,764 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $18,314 /yr | - | +$518k |
Carrollton | GA | $134,307 Nat: $145,571 5yr Post-Grad | $11,787 /yr | - | +$495k |
San Diego | CA | $132,798 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $24,008 /yr | - | +$482k |
Provo | UT | $130,090 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $13,397 /yr | - | +$478k |
Chicago | IL | $131,511 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $22,443 /yr | - | +$474k |
Fullerton | CA | $126,439 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $5,115 /yr | $34,229 | +$462k |
Springfield | IL | $126,156 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $7,528 /yr | $29,200 | +$455k |
Colorado Springs | CO | $126,865 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $17,860 /yr | $38,148 | +$442k |
Hempstead | NY | $132,038 Nat: $145,571 5yr Post-Grad | $30,647 /yr | - | +$441k |
Glassboro | NJ | $127,178 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $23,938 /yr | - | +$434k |
Dekalb | IL | $126,519 Nat: $145,571 5yr Post-Grad | $14,505 /yr | - | +$424k |
Greensboro | NC | $122,747 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $9,884 /yr | - | +$421k |
Tulsa | OK | $119,962 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $13,511 /yr | - | +$390k |
Baltimore | MD | $119,061 Nat: $142,461 2yr Post-Grad | $34,082 /yr | - | +$387k |
Vestal | NY | $116,083 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $20,907 /yr | - | +$384k |
Kennesaw | GA | $117,931 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $16,325 /yr | - | +$368k |
Los Angeles | CA | $104,192 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $2,385 /yr | - | +$310k |
Worcester | MA | $109,763 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $43,885 /yr | - | +$285k |
Charlotte | NC | $107,088 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $15,142 /yr | $20,500 | +$275k |
New York | NY | $109,851 Nat: $145,571 4yr Post-Grad | $30,721 /yr | - | +$271k |
Washington | DC | $101,964 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $35,760 /yr | - | +$229k |
Norman | OK | $94,408 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $15,531 /yr | - | +$197k |
Chicago | IL | $96,644 Nat: $142,461 2yr Post-Grad | $27,108 /yr | - | +$196k |
Waltham | MA | $94,408 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $30,606 /yr | - | +$169k |
San Marcos | TX | $86,129 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $16,660 /yr | - | +$120k |
Tucson | AZ | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,125 /yr | - | -$0 |
Flagstaff | AZ | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,265 /yr | - | -$0 |
Conway | AR | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,423 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pasadena | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $8,509 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chico | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $14,157 /yr | - | -$0 |
Carson | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $7,244 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hayward | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $6,858 /yr | - | -$0 |
Long Beach | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $9,426 /yr | - | -$0 |
Sacramento | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $11,186 /yr | - | -$0 |
Berkeley | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $14,538 /yr | - | -$0 |
Riverside | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,672 /yr | $20,500 | -$0 |
Santa Barbara | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
Santa Cruz | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,549 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Diego | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,243 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Francisco | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $9,803 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Francisco | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $30,496 /yr | - | -$0 |
Colorado Springs | CO | - Nat: $145,571 | $14,954 /yr | - | -$0 |
Denver | CO | - Nat: $145,571 | $31,961 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bridgeport | CT | - Nat: $145,571 | $28,356 /yr | - | -$0 |
West Haven | CT | - Nat: $145,571 | $32,994 /yr | - | -$0 |
Dover | DE | - Nat: $145,571 | $19,832 /yr | - | -$0 |
Washington | DC | - Nat: $145,571 | $32,543 /yr | - | -$0 |
Washington | DC | - Nat: $145,571 | $9,519 /yr | - | -$0 |
Melbourne | FL | - Nat: $145,571 | $36,511 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tampa | FL | - Nat: $145,571 | $8,648 /yr | - | -$0 |
Atlanta | GA | - Nat: $145,571 | $38,626 /yr | - | -$0 |
Atlanta | GA | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,754 /yr | - | -$0 |
Americus | GA | - Nat: $145,571 | $10,170 /yr | - | -$0 |
Statesboro | GA | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,785 /yr | - | -$0 |
Atlanta | GA | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,365 /yr | - | -$0 |
Athens | GA | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,636 /yr | - | -$0 |
Honolulu | HI | - Nat: $145,571 | $11,122 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boise | ID | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,423 /yr | - | -$0 |
Moscow | ID | - Nat: $145,571 | $15,321 /yr | - | -$0 |
Peoria | IL | - Nat: $145,571 | $22,469 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $145,571 | $7,273 /yr | - | -$0 |
University Park | IL | - Nat: $145,571 | $15,833 /yr | - | -$0 |
Romeoville | IL | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,318 /yr | $40,925 | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $145,571 | $36,340 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $145,571 | $9,377 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $145,571 | $21,512 /yr | - | -$0 |
Carbondale | IL | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,554 /yr | - | -$0 |
Muncie | IN | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,877 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fort Wayne | IN | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,471 /yr | - | -$0 |
Terre Haute | IN | - Nat: $145,571 | $10,103 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bloomington | IN | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,003 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ames | IA | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,517 /yr | - | -$0 |
Wichita | KS | - Nat: $145,571 | $10,307 /yr | - | -$0 |
Highland Heights | KY | - Nat: $145,571 | $8,976 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baton Rouge | LA | - Nat: $145,571 | $19,286 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Orleans | LA | - Nat: $145,571 | $7,761 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baton Rouge | LA | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,631 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lafayette | LA | - Nat: $145,571 | $14,924 /yr | - | -$0 |
Frostburg | MD | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,768 /yr | - | -$0 |
Frederick | MD | - Nat: $145,571 | $21,548 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $145,571 | $25,203 /yr | - | -$0 |
College Park | MD | - Nat: $145,571 | $14,296 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bridgewater | MA | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,061 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cambridge | MA | - Nat: $145,571 | $19,148 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boston | MA | - Nat: $145,571 | $22,548 /yr | - | -$0 |
North Andover | MA | - Nat: $145,571 | $39,219 /yr | - | -$0 |
Medford | MA | - Nat: $145,571 | $38,797 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boston | MA | - Nat: $145,571 | $30,134 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mount Pleasant | MI | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,201 /yr | - | -$0 |
Grand Rapids | MI | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,623 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ypsilanti | MI | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,628 /yr | - | -$0 |
Southfield | MI | - Nat: $145,571 | $33,466 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houghton | MI | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,446 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kalamazoo | MI | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,902 /yr | - | -$0 |
Saint Paul | MN | - Nat: $145,571 | $26,556 /yr | - | -$0 |
Minneapolis | MN | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,330 /yr | - | -$0 |
Saint Cloud | MN | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,062 /yr | - | -$0 |
Jackson | MS | - Nat: $145,571 | $34,119 /yr | - | -$0 |
Clinton | MS | - Nat: $145,571 | $21,034 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kansas City | MO | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,778 /yr | - | -$0 |
Saint Louis | MO | - Nat: $145,571 | $14,990 /yr | - | -$0 |
Springfield | MO | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,270 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bozeman | MT | - Nat: $145,571 | $23,106 /yr | - | -$0 |
Omaha | NE | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,898 /yr | - | -$0 |
Las Vegas | NV | - Nat: $145,571 | $11,062 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hanover | NH | - Nat: $145,571 | $26,707 /yr | - | -$0 |
Nashua | NH | - Nat: $145,571 | $26,585 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lodi | NJ | - Nat: $145,571 | $10,378 /yr | - | -$0 |
Newark | NJ | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,783 /yr | - | -$0 |
Princeton | NJ | - Nat: $145,571 | $7,815 /yr | - | -$0 |
Brooklyn | NY | - Nat: $145,571 | $950 /yr | - | -$0 |
Staten Island | NY | - Nat: $145,571 | $3,153 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | - Nat: $145,571 | $1,557 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bronx | NY | - Nat: $145,571 | $541 /yr | - | -$0 |
Queens | NY | - Nat: $145,571 | $1,272 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Rochelle | NY | - Nat: $145,571 | $26,250 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bronx | NY | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,911 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rochester | NY | - Nat: $145,571 | $34,347 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boone | NC | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,082 /yr | - | -$0 |
Durham | NC | - Nat: $145,571 | $23,706 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chapel Hill | NC | - Nat: $145,571 | $11,305 /yr | - | -$0 |
Greensboro | NC | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,291 /yr | - | -$0 |
Winston-Salem | NC | - Nat: $145,571 | $28,165 /yr | - | -$0 |
Akron | OH | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,072 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cleveland | OH | - Nat: $145,571 | $44,622 /yr | - | -$0 |
Dayton | OH | - Nat: $145,571 | $30,366 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kent | OH | - Nat: $145,571 | $20,294 /yr | - | -$0 |
Athens | OH | - Nat: $145,571 | $20,666 /yr | - | -$0 |
Edmond | OK | - Nat: $145,571 | $23,169 /yr | - | -$0 |
Corvallis | OR | - Nat: $145,571 | $21,504 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $145,571 | $35,780 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kutztown | PA | - Nat: $145,571 | $22,146 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bethlehem | PA | - Nat: $145,571 | $25,272 /yr | - | -$0 |
University Park | PA | - Nat: $145,571 | $33,675 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $145,571 | $29,362 /yr | - | -$0 |
Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $145,571 | $33,840 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charleston | SC | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,177 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charleston | SC | - Nat: $145,571 | $22,019 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbia | SC | - Nat: $145,571 | $22,197 /yr | - | -$0 |
Memphis | TN | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,192 /yr | - | -$0 |
Murfreesboro | TN | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,562 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chattanooga | TN | - Nat: $145,571 | $15,026 /yr | - | -$0 |
Nashville | TN | - Nat: $145,571 | $12,154 /yr | - | -$0 |
Cookeville | TN | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,830 /yr | - | -$0 |
Nashville | TN | - Nat: $145,571 | $15,497 /yr | $45,096 | -$0 |
Waco | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $44,441 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houston | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $11,852 /yr | - | -$0 |
Victoria | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $8,115 /yr | - | -$0 |
Beaumont | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $7,984 /yr | - | -$0 |
Edinburg | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $4,858 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Antonio | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,775 /yr | - | -$0 |
Dallas | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $39,816 /yr | - | -$0 |
Houston | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $16,494 /yr | - | -$0 |
Salt Lake City | UT | - Nat: $145,571 | $27,314 /yr | - | -$0 |
Burlington | VT | - Nat: $145,571 | $20,277 /yr | - | -$0 |
Williamsburg | VA | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,880 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ellensburg | WA | - Nat: $145,571 | $21,201 /yr | - | -$0 |
Seattle | WA | - Nat: $145,571 | - /yr | $57,467 | -$0 |
Pullman | WA | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,462 /yr | - | -$0 |
Seattle | WA | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,663 /yr | - | -$0 |
Morgantown | WV | - Nat: $145,571 | $18,020 /yr | - | -$0 |
Whitewater | WI | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,737 /yr | - | -$0 |
Milwaukee | WI | - Nat: $145,571 | $15,625 /yr | - | -$0 |
River Falls | WI | - Nat: $145,571 | $14,703 /yr | - | -$0 |
Laramie | WY | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,647 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fajardo | PR | - Nat: $145,571 | $9,597 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hato Rey | PR | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,797 /yr | - | -$0 |
West Lafayette | IN | - Nat: $145,571 | $14,851 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Marcos | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $10,939 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bothell | WA | - Nat: $145,571 | $13,802 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tacoma | WA | - Nat: $145,571 | $11,900 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bend | OR | - Nat: $145,571 | $17,853 /yr | - | -$0 |
Baton Rouge | LA | - Nat: $145,571 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
Camarillo | CA | - Nat: $145,571 | $8,534 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stafford | TX | - Nat: $145,571 | $24,462 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hammond | IN | - Nat: $145,571 | $6,223 /yr | - | -$0 |
Columbus | OH | $71,351 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $28,451 /yr | - | -$37k |
Teaneck | NJ | $58,673 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $17,923 /yr | - | -$136k |
Madison | NJ | $58,673 Nat: $145,571 2yr Post-Grad | $24,803 /yr | - | -$149k |
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.