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Bachelor's Degree164 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Cornell University
Ithaca
NY
$74,602
5yr Post-Grad
$32,337
/yr
$15,259
+$37k
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla
CA
$63,343
5yr Post-Grad
$11,750
/yr
$19,000
+$26k
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign
IL
$64,921
5yr Post-Grad
$15,201
/yr
$17,968
+$26k
California State University-East Bay
Hayward
CA
$62,078
5yr Post-Grad
$11,276
/yr
$17,516
+$18k
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin
TX
$62,473
5yr Post-Grad
$19,678
/yr
$21,500
-$10k
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus
Waterbury
CT
$56,312
5yr Post-Grad
$8,896
/yr
$21,500
-$20k
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park
CA
$57,628
5yr Post-Grad
$13,801
/yr
$18,250
-$27k
University of Connecticut-Avery Point
Groton
CT
$56,312
5yr Post-Grad
$11,504
/yr
$21,500
-$29k
University of the District of Columbia
Washington
DC
$57,220
5yr Post-Grad
$14,693
/yr
$51,085
-$33k
California State University-San Bernardino
San Bernardino
CA
$53,086
5yr Post-Grad
$5,918
/yr
-
-$35k
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus
Hartford
CT
$56,312
5yr Post-Grad
$13,339
/yr
$21,500
-$36k
Pacific Oaks College
Pasadena
CA
$50,248
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$25,125
-$37k
San Jose State University
San Jose
CA
$56,174
5yr Post-Grad
$13,741
/yr
-
-$38k
University of Connecticut-Stamford
Stamford
CT
$56,312
5yr Post-Grad
$14,059
/yr
$21,500
-$38k
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park
MD
$56,321
5yr Post-Grad
$15,590
/yr
$18,567
-$44k
Florida State University
Tallahassee
FL
$53,416
5yr Post-Grad
$10,997
/yr
$19,160
-$51k
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach
CA
$52,033
5yr Post-Grad
$8,931
/yr
$13,500
-$54k
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison
WI
$55,416
5yr Post-Grad
$16,928
/yr
$20,500
-$56k
The University of Texas Permian Basin
Odessa
TX
$51,609
5yr Post-Grad
$9,144
/yr
-
-$59k
University of Florida
Gainesville
FL
$50,041
5yr Post-Grad
$6,351
/yr
$15,523
-$62k
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh
NY
$54,471
5yr Post-Grad
$16,547
/yr
$22,750
-$62k
California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento
CA
$51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$10,512
/yr
$15,625
-$63k
California State University-Fullerton
Fullerton
CA
$49,529
5yr Post-Grad
$5,646
/yr
$12,500
-$63k
University of Connecticut
Storrs
CT
$56,312
5yr Post-Grad
$22,886
/yr
$21,500
-$70k
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg
VA
$56,451
5yr Post-Grad
$23,790
/yr
$20,500
-$72k
Binghamton University
Vestal
NY
$55,183
5yr Post-Grad
$21,364
/yr
$16,650
-$74k
Tufts University
Medford
MA
$61,338
5yr Post-Grad
$35,435
/yr
$16,170
-$75k
California State University-Bakersfield
Bakersfield
CA
$47,789
5yr Post-Grad
$5,825
/yr
-
-$78k
Towson University
Towson
MD
$52,549
5yr Post-Grad
$16,791
/yr
$17,250
-$79k
California State University-San Marcos
San Marcos
CA
$49,769
5yr Post-Grad
$10,550
/yr
$17,362
-$79k
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus
OH
$52,826
5yr Post-Grad
$18,292
/yr
$19,076
-$82k
Texas Woman's University
Denton
TX
$49,277
5yr Post-Grad
$10,948
/yr
$20,761
-$84k
Ohio University-Eastern Campus
Saint Clairsville
OH
$46,446
5yr Post-Grad
$4,503
/yr
$26,147
-$85k
Ohio University-Southern Campus
Ironton
OH
$46,446
5yr Post-Grad
$5,328
/yr
$26,147
-$88k
Bowie State University
Bowie
MD
$52,375
5yr Post-Grad
$19,335
/yr
$20,500
-$89k
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus
Zanesville
OH
$46,446
5yr Post-Grad
$5,971
/yr
$26,147
-$90k
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus
Lancaster
OH
$46,446
5yr Post-Grad
$6,133
/yr
$26,147
-$91k
Portland State University
Portland
OR
$49,354
5yr Post-Grad
$12,932
/yr
$20,750
-$91k
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus
Chillicothe
OH
$46,446
5yr Post-Grad
$6,483
/yr
$26,147
-$92k
Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies
Portland
OR
$43,560
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$29,688
-$93k
West Virginia University
Morgantown
WV
$48,978
5yr Post-Grad
$12,997
/yr
$25,000
-$94k
University of Nevada-Reno
Reno
NV
$49,802
5yr Post-Grad
$15,402
/yr
$21,250
-$96k
University of Georgia
Athens
GA
$49,018
5yr Post-Grad
$13,816
/yr
$19,500
-$97k
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
TX
$51,726
5yr Post-Grad
$20,071
/yr
$21,250
-$97k
California State University-Northridge
Northridge
CA
$46,221
5yr Post-Grad
$7,599
/yr
$11,000
-$98k
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta
NY
$50,885
5yr Post-Grad
$18,833
/yr
$21,300
-$100k
Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette
IN
$48,608
5yr Post-Grad
$13,945
/yr
$14,000
-$101k
Walden University
Minneapolis
MN
$42,028
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$40,167
-$105k
University of Houston
Houston
TX
$47,975
5yr Post-Grad
$13,853
/yr
$20,000
-$106k
Washington State University
Pullman
WA
$48,017
5yr Post-Grad
$14,401
/yr
$22,978
-$107k
Southwestern Christian University
Bethany
OK
$47,260
2yr Post-Grad
$19,692
/yr
-
-$109k
Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles
CA
$52,285
5yr Post-Grad
$25,009
/yr
$26,000
-$110k
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
Bend
OR
$49,012
5yr Post-Grad
$17,722
/yr
$23,028
-$111k
Stevenson University
Owings Mills
MD
$52,846
5yr Post-Grad
$26,806
/yr
$27,000
-$112k
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
$46,872
5yr Post-Grad
$13,172
/yr
$13,997
-$112k
South Dakota State University
Brookings
SD
$48,955
5yr Post-Grad
$18,219
/yr
$22,562
-$113k
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater
OK
$48,102
5yr Post-Grad
$16,378
/yr
$21,515
-$114k
Texas State University
San Marcos
TX
$47,829
5yr Post-Grad
$16,438
/yr
$20,985
-$116k
Oregon State University
Corvallis
OR
$49,012
5yr Post-Grad
$19,568
/yr
$23,028
-$118k
University of Arizona
Tucson
AZ
$47,311
5yr Post-Grad
$15,960
/yr
$19,500
-$119k
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb
IL
$45,830
5yr Post-Grad
$12,909
/yr
$30,020
-$120k
California State University-Chico
Chico
CA
$46,310
5yr Post-Grad
$14,838
/yr
$16,722
-$123k
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant
MI
$46,739
5yr Post-Grad
$16,041
/yr
$27,000
-$124k
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Fort Collins
CO
$48,432
5yr Post-Grad
$20,332
/yr
$20,425
-$125k
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham
NH
$49,608
5yr Post-Grad
$23,261
/yr
$27,000
-$126k
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
$46,816
5yr Post-Grad
$17,525
/yr
$21,500
-$128k
Lamar University
Beaumont
TX
$43,961
5yr Post-Grad
$11,429
/yr
-
-$130k
Rockford University
Rockford
IL
$48,952
5yr Post-Grad
$23,066
/yr
-
-$131k
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Fargo
ND
$45,968
5yr Post-Grad
$16,334
/yr
$22,775
-$131k
Michigan State University
East Lansing
MI
$47,493
5yr Post-Grad
$20,751
/yr
$28,195
-$134k
Boston University
Boston
MA
$50,149
5yr Post-Grad
$26,996
/yr
-
-$135k
University of Rhode Island
Kingston
RI
$47,043
5yr Post-Grad
$19,899
/yr
$25,000
-$135k
Eastern Washington University
Cheney
WA
$43,946
5yr Post-Grad
$13,091
/yr
$17,889
-$136k
American Public University System
Charles Town
WV
$42,229
5yr Post-Grad
$9,104
/yr
$35,082
-$136k
University of North Texas
Denton
TX
$44,287
5yr Post-Grad
$14,352
/yr
$18,500
-$138k
Howard University
Washington
DC
$58,917
5yr Post-Grad
$47,919
/yr
-
-$139k
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia
MO
$46,516
5yr Post-Grad
$19,889
/yr
$26,000
-$139k
North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro
NC
$42,681
5yr Post-Grad
$10,980
/yr
$31,000
-$139k
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie
WI
$45,358
5yr Post-Grad
$17,365
/yr
$23,250
-$140k
Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches
TX
$44,225
5yr Post-Grad
$15,152
/yr
-
-$142k
Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens
OH
$46,446
5yr Post-Grad
$20,413
/yr
$26,147
-$142k
Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online
Addison
TX
$43,121
5yr Post-Grad
$12,714
/yr
$26,000
-$142k
Fresno Pacific University
Fresno
CA
$43,775
5yr Post-Grad
$14,317
/yr
$23,000
-$142k
Iowa State University
Ames
IA
$45,407
5yr Post-Grad
$18,165
/yr
$20,080
-$142k
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
IA
$43,850
5yr Post-Grad
$14,609
/yr
$20,700
-$143k
Indiana State University
Terre Haute
IN
$42,721
5yr Post-Grad
$12,188
/yr
$26,119
-$143k
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro
NC
$41,600
5yr Post-Grad
$10,170
/yr
$24,993
-$146k
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond
KY
$41,462
5yr Post-Grad
$9,962
/yr
$25,250
-$146k
Merrimack College
North Andover
MA
$53,557
5yr Post-Grad
$37,899
/yr
$26,000
-$146k
Kansas State University
Manhattan
KS
$44,784
5yr Post-Grad
$17,883
/yr
$23,000
-$147k
Appalachian State University
Boone
NC
$44,147
5yr Post-Grad
$16,487
/yr
$19,641
-$147k
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte
NC
$43,319
5yr Post-Grad
$14,745
/yr
$23,000
-$148k
Southern Nazarene University
Bethany
OK
$44,355
5yr Post-Grad
$17,838
/yr
$24,062
-$150k
Samford University
Birmingham
AL
$49,750
5yr Post-Grad
$30,795
/yr
-
-$152k
Kent State University at Stark
North Canton
OH
$40,893
5yr Post-Grad
$11,310
/yr
$26,000
-$156k
Kent State University at Salem
Salem
OH
$40,893
5yr Post-Grad
$11,593
/yr
$26,000
-$157k
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg
MS
$41,738
5yr Post-Grad
$14,224
/yr
$29,677
-$159k
Warner Pacific University
Portland
OR
$43,560
5yr Post-Grad
$18,818
/yr
$29,688
-$160k
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond
OK
$43,118
5yr Post-Grad
$18,990
/yr
$23,300
-$165k
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo
MI
$42,827
5yr Post-Grad
$18,701
/yr
$25,000
-$166k
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
AL
$44,281
5yr Post-Grad
$22,150
/yr
$24,125
-$166k
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
Bowling Green
OH
$43,751
5yr Post-Grad
$20,918
/yr
$25,635
-$166k
Baker College
Owosso
MI
$41,143
5yr Post-Grad
$15,171
/yr
$39,157
-$167k
National Louis University
Chicago
IL
$41,543
5yr Post-Grad
$16,157
/yr
$25,000
-$168k
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies
Fayette
MO
$40,639
5yr Post-Grad
$14,774
/yr
$19,500
-$170k
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville
TN
$41,713
5yr Post-Grad
$18,109
/yr
$21,500
-$173k
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Las Cruces
NM
$36,859
5yr Post-Grad
$6,747
/yr
$21,749
-$173k
Auburn University
Auburn
AL
$44,084
5yr Post-Grad
$23,897
/yr
$21,500
-$174k
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City
TN
$40,594
5yr Post-Grad
$15,794
/yr
$19,500
-$174k
University of La Verne
La Verne
CA
$45,219
5yr Post-Grad
$26,925
/yr
$26,000
-$176k
Syracuse University
Syracuse
NY
$51,299
5yr Post-Grad
$41,026
/yr
$22,962
-$176k
Purdue University Northwest
Hammond
IN
$37,197
5yr Post-Grad
$8,463
/yr
$26,298
-$177k
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego
CA
$55,127
5yr Post-Grad
$50,168
/yr
$15,000
-$178k
Harding University
Searcy
AR
$41,883
5yr Post-Grad
$20,579
/yr
-
-$181k
Weber State University
Ogden
UT
$37,526
5yr Post-Grad
$10,722
/yr
$15,890
-$182k
Whittier College
Whittier
CA
$45,651
5yr Post-Grad
$29,871
/yr
$25,750
-$183k
John Brown University
Siloam Springs
AR
$41,801
5yr Post-Grad
$21,144
/yr
$23,625
-$183k
East Carolina University
Greenville
NC
$39,782
5yr Post-Grad
$16,514
/yr
$26,000
-$184k
Meredith College
Raleigh
NC
$41,250
5yr Post-Grad
$20,197
/yr
$23,250
-$185k
Kent State University at Kent
Kent
OH
$40,893
5yr Post-Grad
$19,614
/yr
$26,000
-$186k
Concordia University-Saint Paul
Saint Paul
MN
$40,011
5yr Post-Grad
$17,566
/yr
$20,375
-$186k
Post University
Waterbury
CT
$40,344
5yr Post-Grad
$19,196
/yr
$37,587
-$189k
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro
GA
$39,142
5yr Post-Grad
$16,531
/yr
$27,000
-$189k
Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley
GA
$36,871
5yr Post-Grad
$11,609
/yr
-
-$191k
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
Indiana
PA
$39,173
5yr Post-Grad
$17,216
/yr
$26,881
-$191k
Milligan University
Milligan
TN
$40,640
5yr Post-Grad
$21,131
/yr
-
-$193k
Abilene Christian University
Abilene
TX
$43,121
5yr Post-Grad
$27,401
/yr
$26,000
-$195k
University of Idaho
Moscow
ID
$37,261
5yr Post-Grad
$13,782
/yr
$25,500
-$195k
Baylor University
Waco
TX
$49,261
5yr Post-Grad
$41,942
/yr
$20,000
-$196k
University of Maine
Orono
ME
$38,939
5yr Post-Grad
$18,045
/yr
$24,486
-$196k
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette
LA
$37,104
5yr Post-Grad
$14,118
/yr
$26,000
-$198k
University of Akron Main Campus
Akron
OH
$37,280
5yr Post-Grad
$14,981
/yr
$28,500
-$199k
Oklahoma Christian University
Edmond
OK
$39,695
5yr Post-Grad
$21,423
/yr
-
-$202k
Ferris State University
Big Rapids
MI
$35,302
5yr Post-Grad
$12,202
/yr
$23,120
-$206k
Missouri State University-Springfield
Springfield
MO
$37,512
5yr Post-Grad
$17,502
/yr
$22,865
-$207k
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fayette
MO
$40,639
5yr Post-Grad
$25,477
/yr
$19,500
-$209k
Concordia University-Wisconsin
Mequon
WI
$38,491
2yr Post-Grad
$26,067
/yr
-
-$209k
Concordia University Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor
MI
$38,491
2yr Post-Grad
$26,409
/yr
-
-$210k
Kentucky State University
Frankfort
KY
$33,321
5yr Post-Grad
$8,900
/yr
-
-$211k
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg
MO
$35,603
5yr Post-Grad
$15,336
/yr
$23,502
-$215k
Miami University-Oxford
Oxford
OH
$40,517
5yr Post-Grad
$27,662
/yr
-
-$218k
Utah State University
Logan
UT
$33,968
5yr Post-Grad
$12,869
/yr
$16,460
-$220k
University of Vermont
Burlington
VT
$33,993
2yr Post-Grad
$20,860
/yr
$19,250
-$231k
Ashford University
San Diego
CA
$37,621
5yr Post-Grad
$25,321
/yr
$27,470
-$234k
Hope International University
Fullerton
CA
$36,141
2yr Post-Grad
$27,653
/yr
$22,073
-$236k
Jackson State University
Jackson
MS
$34,893
5yr Post-Grad
$20,191
/yr
-
-$239k
Rochester University
Rochester Hills
MI
$32,284
2yr Post-Grad
$19,245
/yr
-
-$241k
Messiah University
Mechanicsburg
PA
$37,003
5yr Post-Grad
$27,686
/yr
$27,000
-$248k
Goodwin University
East Hartford
CT
$35,060
2yr Post-Grad
$28,544
/yr
$21,833
-$249k
Rivier University
Nashua
NH
$36,672
5yr Post-Grad
$27,692
/yr
-
-$250k
Liberty University
Lynchburg
VA
$37,389
5yr Post-Grad
$29,552
/yr
$23,250
-$251k
Brigham Young University
Provo
UT
$30,899
5yr Post-Grad
$14,487
/yr
$10,475
-$252k
North Central University
Minneapolis
MN
$34,414
5yr Post-Grad
$23,574
/yr
-
-$255k
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston
LA
$27,114
2yr Post-Grad
$12,209
/yr
$20,910
-$262k
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester
NH
$35,060
2yr Post-Grad
$33,742
/yr
-
-$268k
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant
OK
$23,649
2yr Post-Grad
$6,352
/yr
$16,045
-$273k
Anderson University
Anderson
IN
$29,685
2yr Post-Grad
$22,144
/yr
-
-$275k
Mayville State University
Mayville
ND
$26,353
2yr Post-Grad
$14,454
/yr
-
-$277k
University of St Thomas
Saint Paul
MN
$32,653
2yr Post-Grad
$30,525
/yr
-
-$278k
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Rexburg
ID
$24,381
5yr Post-Grad
$7,131
/yr
$12,277
-$282k
Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson
TN
$26,353
2yr Post-Grad
$20,082
/yr
-
-$298k
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais
IL
$21,798
2yr Post-Grad
$21,539
/yr
-
-$345k
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
OK
$21,508
2yr Post-Grad
$23,880
/yr
$19,500
-$356k
Point University
West Point
GA
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$20,752
/yr
$25,250
-$357k
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.