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Doctoral Degree•143 Institutions
Institution | State | Earnings | Avg Net Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York | NY | $75,306 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | - /yr | - | +$116k |
| University of Florida Gainesville | FL | $69,667 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $6,541 /yr | - | +$51k |
| Emory University Atlanta | GA | $75,551 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $22,585 /yr | - | +$37k |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana | PA | $72,454 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $16,804 /yr | $57,997 | +$35k |
| University of California-Davis Davis | CA | $66,171 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $14,741 /yr | - | +$26k |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee | WI | $68,298 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $15,014 /yr | - | +$11k |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside | CA | $67,356 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $14,304 /yr | - | +$6k |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa | AL | - Nat: $65,831 | $22,420 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Auburn University Auburn | AL | - Nat: $65,831 | $24,323 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Arizona Tucson | AZ | - Nat: $65,831 | $16,674 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | AR | - Nat: $65,831 | $18,209 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley | CA | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,481 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine | CA | - Nat: $65,831 | $14,251 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara | CA | - Nat: $65,831 | $16,109 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Claremont Graduate University Claremont | CA | - Nat: $65,831 | - /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder | CO | - Nat: $65,831 | $25,346 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs | CT | - Nat: $65,831 | $25,097 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Yale University New Haven | CT | - Nat: $65,831 | $23,777 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Delaware Newark | DE | - Nat: $65,831 | $17,799 /yr | - | -$0 |
| The Catholic University of America Washington | DC | - Nat: $65,831 | $29,561 /yr | - | -$0 |
| George Washington University Washington | DC | - Nat: $65,831 | $36,586 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Howard University Washington | DC | - Nat: $65,831 | $50,539 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Miami Coral Gables | FL | - Nat: $65,831 | $37,244 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of South Florida Tampa | FL | - Nat: $65,831 | $9,812 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Georgia Athens | GA | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,936 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu | HI | - Nat: $65,831 | $15,664 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Idaho State University Pocatello | ID | - Nat: $65,831 | $12,193 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Chicago Chicago | IL | - Nat: $65,831 | $14,860 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign | IL | - Nat: $65,831 | $14,355 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Illinois State University Normal | IL | - Nat: $65,831 | $19,398 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Loyola University Chicago Chicago | IL | - Nat: $65,831 | $36,079 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Northern Illinois University Dekalb | IL | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,391 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Northwestern University Evanston | IL | - Nat: $65,831 | $29,167 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale | IL | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,297 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Ball State University Muncie | IN | - Nat: $65,831 | $14,940 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame | IN | - Nat: $65,831 | $26,780 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Iowa State University Ames | IA | - Nat: $65,831 | $18,589 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Kansas Lawrence | KS | - Nat: $65,831 | $18,059 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge | LA | - Nat: $65,831 | $19,151 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $65,831 | $18,809 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park | MD | - Nat: $65,831 | $15,678 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Morgan State University Baltimore | MD | - Nat: $65,831 | $14,985 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Boston College Chestnut Hill | MA | - Nat: $65,831 | $41,704 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Boston University Boston | MA | - Nat: $65,831 | $24,402 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Brandeis University Waltham | MA | - Nat: $65,831 | $35,736 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Harvard University Cambridge | MA | - Nat: $65,831 | $19,066 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Northeastern University Boston | MA | - Nat: $65,831 | $30,915 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Tufts University Medford | MA | - Nat: $65,831 | $39,998 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor | MI | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,138 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing | MI | - Nat: $65,831 | $19,680 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Wayne State University Detroit | MI | - Nat: $65,831 | $12,766 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Western Michigan University Kalamazoo | MI | - Nat: $65,831 | $15,273 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis | MN | - Nat: $65,831 | $16,778 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Mississippi University | MS | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,314 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg | MS | - Nat: $65,831 | $21,708 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia | MO | - Nat: $65,831 | $20,268 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City | MO | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,310 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Saint Louis University Saint Louis | MO | - Nat: $65,831 | $24,398 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis | MO | - Nat: $65,831 | $21,786 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas | NV | - Nat: $65,831 | $10,359 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Nevada-Reno Reno | NV | - Nat: $65,831 | $15,927 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham | NH | - Nat: $65,831 | $23,805 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Princeton University Princeton | NJ | - Nat: $65,831 | $6,128 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick | NJ | - Nat: $65,831 | $24,406 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque | NM | - Nat: $65,831 | $15,489 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York | NY | - Nat: $65,831 | $21,590 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Cornell University Ithaca | NY | - Nat: $65,831 | $28,690 /yr | - | -$0 |
| New York University New York | NY | - Nat: $65,831 | $37,050 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Rochester Rochester | NY | - Nat: $65,831 | $29,278 /yr | - | -$0 |
| St. John's University-New York Queens | NY | - Nat: $65,831 | $29,999 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University at Albany Albany | NY | - Nat: $65,831 | $17,167 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook | NY | - Nat: $65,831 | $18,784 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Syracuse University Syracuse | NY | - Nat: $65,831 | $38,793 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Duke University Durham | NC | - Nat: $65,831 | $29,612 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill | NC | - Nat: $65,831 | $11,655 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of North Dakota Grand Forks | ND | - Nat: $65,831 | $18,551 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Case Western Reserve University Cleveland | OH | - Nat: $65,831 | $41,190 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati | OH | - Nat: $65,831 | $25,648 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent | OH | - Nat: $65,831 | $20,787 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Miami University-Oxford Oxford | OH | - Nat: $65,831 | $28,384 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens | OH | - Nat: $65,831 | $21,637 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater | OK | - Nat: $65,831 | $17,447 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman | OK | - Nat: $65,831 | $15,300 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Duquesne University Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $65,831 | $37,730 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Lehigh University Bethlehem | PA | - Nat: $65,831 | $36,931 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park | PA | - Nat: $65,831 | $32,875 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $65,831 | $28,699 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $65,831 | $30,434 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Brown University Providence | RI | - Nat: $65,831 | $25,184 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia | SC | - Nat: $65,831 | $22,811 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of South Dakota Vermillion | SD | - Nat: $65,831 | $19,858 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Memphis Memphis | TN | - Nat: $65,831 | $12,397 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro | TN | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,359 /yr | - | -$0 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville | TN | - Nat: $65,831 | $18,976 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville | TN | - Nat: $65,831 | $15,846 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Baylor University Waco | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $41,104 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Dallas Irving | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $22,610 /yr | - | -$0 |
| East Texas A&M University Commerce | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $11,841 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Houston Houston | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $14,276 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Rice University Houston | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,370 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $40,892 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $21,315 /yr | - | -$0 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,951 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Texas Christian University Fort Worth | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $36,660 /yr | - | -$0 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio | TX | - Nat: $65,831 | $10,836 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City | UT | - Nat: $65,831 | $16,200 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville | VA | - Nat: $65,831 | $21,565 /yr | - | -$0 |
| West Virginia University Morgantown | WV | - Nat: $65,831 | $15,634 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Marquette University Milwaukee | WI | - Nat: $65,831 | $31,487 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan | PR | - Nat: $65,831 | $9,175 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Stanford University Stanford | CA | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury | CT | - Nat: $65,831 | $10,875 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton | CT | - Nat: $65,831 | $13,807 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford | CT | - Nat: $65,831 | $16,798 /yr | - | -$0 |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford | CT | - Nat: $65,831 | $16,403 /yr | - | -$0 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette | IN | $66,586 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $14,600 /yr | - | -$571 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles | CA | $61,516 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $12,548 /yr | - | -$3k |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington | IN | $66,488 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $16,264 /yr | - | -$7k |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus | OH | $66,460 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $17,339 /yr | - | -$11k |
| Florida State University Tallahassee | FL | $60,363 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $11,297 /yr | $50,647 | -$36k |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette | LA | $61,123 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $13,530 /yr | - | -$38k |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe | AZ | $57,318 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $14,967 /yr | - | -$46k |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston | RI | $58,673 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $21,440 /yr | - | -$58k |
| Georgia State University Atlanta | GA | $58,877 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $15,931 /yr | $78,016 | -$64k |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock | TX | $55,338 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $19,070 /yr | - | -$77k |
| University of Iowa Iowa City | IA | $59,774 Nat: $65,831 4yr Post-Grad | $22,531 /yr | - | -$81k |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle | WA | $50,856 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $14,091 /yr | - | -$96k |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison | WI | $50,439 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $17,354 /yr | - | -$111k |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles | CA | $55,964 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $32,740 /yr | - | -$121k |
| University of Kentucky Lexington | KY | $49,019 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $18,851 /yr | - | -$129k |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago | IL | $44,942 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $10,974 /yr | - | -$135k |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro | NC | $44,747 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $10,965 /yr | - | -$137k |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | TX | $48,041 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $19,857 /yr | - | -$141k |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo | NY | $48,432 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $20,995 /yr | - | -$141k |
| University of North Texas Denton | TX | $45,696 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $15,649 /yr | - | -$146k |
| University of Tulsa Tulsa | OK | $44,971 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $15,000 /yr | - | -$149k |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst | MA | $47,260 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $22,383 /yr | - | -$156k |
| Fordham University Bronx | NY | $56,415 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $44,338 /yr | - | -$159k |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green | OH | $47,260 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $24,022 /yr | - | -$162k |
| Washington State University Pullman | WA | $42,682 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $14,971 /yr | - | -$169k |
| University of Denver Denver | CO | $49,058 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $36,131 /yr | - | -$191k |
| University of Oregon Eugene | OR | $42,235 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $22,182 /yr | - | -$199k |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln | NE | $39,909 Nat: $65,831 2yr Post-Grad | $17,747 /yr | - | -$203k |
Analysis Notes:
- Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, 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).
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.