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Bachelor's Degree75 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Texas State University
San Marcos
TX
$54,412
5yr Post-Grad
$16,438
/yr
$20,500
-$62k
SUNY Brockport
Brockport
NY
$49,831
5yr Post-Grad
$15,844
/yr
$21,500
-$97k
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe
AZ
$48,294
5yr Post-Grad
$13,670
/yr
$23,393
-$102k
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
PA
$55,505
5yr Post-Grad
$30,314
/yr
$27,000
-$103k
Texas Woman's University
Denton
TX
$45,951
5yr Post-Grad
$10,948
/yr
$21,280
-$112k
University of North Texas
Denton
TX
$44,100
5yr Post-Grad
$14,352
/yr
$20,500
-$140k
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock
PA
$41,568
5yr Post-Grad
$19,524
/yr
$27,000
-$180k
University of Iowa
Iowa City
IA
$41,919
5yr Post-Grad
$21,398
/yr
$21,500
-$183k
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus
OH
$40,010
5yr Post-Grad
$18,292
/yr
$25,500
-$188k
University of California-Riverside
Riverside
CA
$35,600
2yr Post-Grad
$13,707
/yr
-
-$191k
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
TX
$49,423
5yr Post-Grad
$41,778
/yr
-
-$194k
Wayne State University
Detroit
MI
$34,720
5yr Post-Grad
$14,773
/yr
$24,750
-$221k
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City
MO
$33,241
5yr Post-Grad
$12,837
/yr
-
-$226k
University of California-Irvine
Irvine
CA
$32,865
5yr Post-Grad
$12,840
/yr
$20,080
-$229k
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
TX
$33,041
5yr Post-Grad
$16,025
/yr
$26,000
-$239k
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
TX
$26,933
2yr Post-Grad
$6,500
/yr
-
-$243k
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia
CA
$45,119
5yr Post-Grad
$47,183
/yr
-
-$249k
Goucher College
Baltimore
MD
$32,925
2yr Post-Grad
$23,774
/yr
-
-$251k
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City
OK
$32,954
5yr Post-Grad
$21,556
/yr
$24,100
-$260k
Temple University
Philadelphia
PA
$36,092
5yr Post-Grad
$29,219
/yr
$27,000
-$261k
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach
CA
$27,350
5yr Post-Grad
$8,931
/yr
$20,500
-$263k
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick
NJ
$32,909
5yr Post-Grad
$23,519
/yr
$25,565
-$268k
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte
NC
$28,983
5yr Post-Grad
$14,745
/yr
$21,500
-$270k
CUNY Hunter College
New York
NY
$21,964
2yr Post-Grad
$2,446
/yr
-
-$275k
Montclair State University
Montclair
NJ
$27,863
5yr Post-Grad
$14,159
/yr
$26,776
-$277k
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro
NC
$26,102
5yr Post-Grad
$10,170
/yr
$25,000
-$278k
Ball State University
Muncie
IN
$26,353
2yr Post-Grad
$15,898
/yr
-
-$283k
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia
SC
$29,685
2yr Post-Grad
$24,532
/yr
-
-$283k
East Carolina University
Greenville
NC
$26,353
2yr Post-Grad
$16,514
/yr
-
-$285k
Adelphi University
Garden City
NY
$32,810
5yr Post-Grad
$28,348
/yr
-
-$286k
Marymount Manhattan College
New York
NY
$35,998
5yr Post-Grad
$37,037
/yr
$26,595
-$290k
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin
TX
$26,896
2yr Post-Grad
$19,678
/yr
-
-$291k
Dean College
Franklin
MA
$32,944
5yr Post-Grad
$30,236
/yr
$27,000
-$291k
Oakland University
Rochester Hills
MI
$24,421
2yr Post-Grad
$13,584
/yr
$27,500
-$292k
Rider University
Lawrenceville
NJ
$30,456
5yr Post-Grad
$25,287
/yr
-
-$295k
University of Florida
Gainesville
FL
$21,714
5yr Post-Grad
$6,351
/yr
$15,951
-$303k
California State University-Fullerton
Fullerton
CA
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$5,646
/yr
$24,702
-$303k
Point Park University
Pittsburgh
PA
$29,025
5yr Post-Grad
$24,791
/yr
$27,000
-$305k
Grand Valley State University
Allendale
MI
$24,035
2yr Post-Grad
$17,096
/yr
-
-$308k
New York University
New York
NY
$32,847
5yr Post-Grad
$35,035
/yr
$23,004
-$309k
Utah Valley University
Orem
UT
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$8,463
/yr
-
-$313k
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago
IL
$28,579
5yr Post-Grad
$26,788
/yr
$27,000
-$316k
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo
MI
$25,211
5yr Post-Grad
$18,701
/yr
$27,000
-$316k
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond
VA
$24,035
2yr Post-Grad
$19,452
/yr
$27,000
-$317k
Fordham University
Bronx
NY
$35,086
5yr Post-Grad
$42,581
/yr
$25,000
-$318k
Winthrop University
Rock Hill
SC
$22,482
2yr Post-Grad
$16,353
/yr
-
-$320k
Florida State University
Tallahassee
FL
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$10,997
/yr
$21,250
-$322k
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles
CA
$35,852
5yr Post-Grad
$45,723
/yr
$22,750
-$322k
Towson University
Towson
MD
$21,964
2yr Post-Grad
$16,791
/yr
$20,500
-$326k
Webster University
Saint Louis
MO
$25,194
2yr Post-Grad
$26,196
/yr
-
-$330k
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee
WI
$21,234
2yr Post-Grad
$16,177
/yr
$25,742
-$331k
Minnesota State University-Mankato
Mankato
MN
$21,964
2yr Post-Grad
$18,609
/yr
$26,100
-$333k
Elon University
Elon
NC
$30,771
2yr Post-Grad
$41,048
/yr
-
-$333k
Shenandoah University
Winchester
VA
$28,029
5yr Post-Grad
$30,055
/yr
-
-$333k
Radford University
Radford
VA
$21,052
2yr Post-Grad
$16,640
/yr
-
-$334k
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
TX
$27,439
2yr Post-Grad
$33,531
/yr
-
-$336k
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
UT
$19,227
2yr Post-Grad
$13,172
/yr
$15,284
-$339k
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston Salem
NC
$18,771
2yr Post-Grad
$12,372
/yr
$22,454
-$340k
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis
MN
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$17,139
/yr
$19,500
-$344k
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase
NY
$21,932
5yr Post-Grad
$19,067
/yr
$26,000
-$346k
Valdosta State University
Valdosta
GA
$17,624
2yr Post-Grad
$11,298
/yr
-
-$347k
Mercyhurst University
Erie
PA
$23,693
2yr Post-Grad
$27,263
/yr
$26,500
-$348k
Chapman University
Orange
CA
$33,077
5yr Post-Grad
$47,527
/yr
$23,624
-$352k
Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton
OH
$18,507
2yr Post-Grad
$15,216
/yr
-
-$353k
University of Arizona
Tucson
AZ
$18,315
2yr Post-Grad
$15,960
/yr
$19,875
-$357k
Hofstra University
Hempstead
NY
$25,194
2yr Post-Grad
$35,129
/yr
$23,250
-$362k
University of South Florida
Tampa
FL
$14,935
2yr Post-Grad
$10,043
/yr
$21,927
-$367k
University at Buffalo
Buffalo
NY
$18,771
2yr Post-Grad
$20,470
/yr
$20,446
-$369k
Pace University
New York
NY
$22,806
2yr Post-Grad
$31,046
/yr
$27,000
-$370k
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman
OK
$17,307
2yr Post-Grad
$17,413
/yr
$21,899
-$372k
DeSales University
Center Valley
PA
$21,781
2yr Post-Grad
$30,465
/yr
-
-$377k
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle
WA
$13,702
2yr Post-Grad
$13,485
/yr
-
-$391k
Long Island University
Brookville
NY
$16,663
2yr Post-Grad
$23,901
/yr
-
-$401k
Brigham Young University
Provo
UT
$8,000
2yr Post-Grad
$14,487
/yr
-
-$453k
Berklee College of Music
Boston
MA
$19,056
5yr Post-Grad
$50,404
/yr
$27,000
-$484k
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.