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Bachelor's Degree•114 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 ($54,952)
P25-P75 Interval ($50,403 - $59,609)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)

SAT Average vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution, plotted by that institution's average SAT score. SAT scores describe the school's undergraduate admissions overall, not this program, and come from enrollees who submitted scores.

Overall Median ($54,889)
P25-P75 Interval ($50,403 - $59,609)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$1,533 per 100 SAT points (R² 0.03, n=62)

Acceptance Rate vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution, plotted by that institution's undergraduate acceptance rate, with the most selective schools on the right. Schools without a reported rate are grouped on the left.

Overall Median ($54,889)
P25-P75 Interval ($50,403 - $59,609)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$1,385 per 10 pts lower acceptance (R² 0.05, n=75)

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
Long Beach
CA
$68,578
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$9,426
/yr
$13,539
+$87k
San Diego
CA
$66,649
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,243
/yr
-
+$58k
Gainesville
FL
$62,145
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$5,969
/yr
-
+$48k
Queens
NY
$59,655
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$1,272
/yr
-
+$45k
Brooklyn
NY
$58,821
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$950
/yr
$11,000
+$39k
Tallahassee
FL
$60,380
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$8,605
/yr
-
+$24k
Newark
DE
$63,799
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$16,337
/yr
$26,766
+$24k
SUNY Buffalo State University
Buffalo
NY
$60,937
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$10,886
/yr
$27,424
+$21k
Oneonta
NY
$64,048
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$18,369
/yr
$19,169
+$19k
Lubbock
TX
$62,457
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$19,890
/yr
$20,250
+$400
Oakwood University
Huntsville
AL
-
Nat: $55,753
$26,827
/yr
-
-$0
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage
AK
-
Nat: $55,753
$13,077
/yr
-
-$0
Jonesboro
AR
-
Nat: $55,753
$15,441
/yr
-
-$0
Searcy
AR
-
Nat: $55,753
$19,786
/yr
-
-$0
Arkadelphia
AR
-
Nat: $55,753
$25,343
/yr
-
-$0
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda
CA
-
Nat: $55,753
$25,018
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $55,753
$40,555
/yr
-
-$0
Storrs
CT
-
Nat: $55,753
$24,342
/yr
-
-$0
Life University
Marietta
GA
-
Nat: $55,753
$29,594
/yr
-
-$0
Honolulu
HI
-
Nat: $55,753
$11,122
/yr
-
-$0
Peoria
IL
-
Nat: $55,753
$22,469
/yr
-
-$0
Bourbonnais
IL
-
Nat: $55,753
$19,978
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana State University
Terre Haute
IN
-
Nat: $55,753
$10,103
/yr
-
-$0
Ruston
LA
-
Nat: $55,753
$11,959
/yr
-
-$0
Berrien Springs
MI
-
Nat: $55,753
$29,164
/yr
-
-$0
Madonna University
Livonia
MI
-
Nat: $55,753
$14,792
/yr
-
-$0
Detroit
MI
-
Nat: $55,753
$11,212
/yr
-
-$0
St Catherine University
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $55,753
$19,090
/yr
-
-$0
University
MS
-
Nat: $55,753
$13,752
/yr
$19,500
-$0
Maryville
MO
-
Nat: $55,753
$16,120
/yr
-
-$0
Point Lookout
MO
-
Nat: $55,753
$13,114
/yr
-
-$0
Glassboro
NJ
-
Nat: $55,753
$23,938
/yr
$22,000
-$0
Morristown
NJ
-
Nat: $55,753
$19,010
/yr
-
-$0
Raleigh
NC
-
Nat: $55,753
$22,801
/yr
-
-$0
Immaculata University
Immaculata
PA
-
Nat: $55,753
$23,811
/yr
-
-$0
Mechanicsburg
PA
-
Nat: $55,753
$25,955
/yr
-
-$0
Greensburg
PA
-
Nat: $55,753
$25,519
/yr
-
-$0
Jefferson City
TN
-
Nat: $55,753
$18,130
/yr
-
-$0
Nashville
TN
-
Nat: $55,753
$23,178
/yr
-
-$0
Johnson City
TN
-
Nat: $55,753
$14,208
/yr
-
-$0
Abilene
TX
-
Nat: $55,753
$27,943
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $55,753
$9,872
/yr
-
-$0
Waterbury
CT
-
Nat: $55,753
$8,616
/yr
-
-$0
Groton
CT
-
Nat: $55,753
$11,184
/yr
-
-$0
Stamford
CT
-
Nat: $55,753
$14,226
/yr
-
-$0
Hartford
CT
-
Nat: $55,753
$13,961
/yr
-
-$0
Plattsburgh
NY
$60,418
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$15,606
/yr
-
-$657
La Crosse
WI
$63,328
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$22,797
/yr
-
-$3k
West Lafayette
IN
$59,649
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$14,851
/yr
$22,499
-$4k
San Bernardino
CA
$54,717
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$3,946
/yr
-
-$6k
Brookville
NY
$63,323
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$23,862
/yr
-
-$7k
Huntington
WV
$55,840
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$7,341
/yr
-
-$8k
Ypsilanti
MI
$59,211
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$16,628
/yr
-
-$14k
Manhattan
KS
$59,824
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$18,210
/yr
$21,792
-$15k
Menomonie
WI
$59,392
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$17,533
/yr
-
-$16k
Buffalo
NY
$60,998
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$22,038
/yr
-
-$19k
Columbus
OH
$58,821
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$17,269
/yr
-
-$20k
Kingston
RI
$61,079
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$22,469
/yr
$22,460
-$20k
Atlanta
GA
$56,263
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$12,365
/yr
$19,774
-$23k
Kalamazoo
MI
$56,449
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,902
/yr
$24,750
-$27k
Stevens Point
WI
$56,618
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$14,757
/yr
-
-$29k
CUNY Lehman College
Bronx
NY
$50,455
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$541
/yr
$11,475
-$29k
Macomb
IL
$54,394
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$10,018
/yr
-
-$30k
Jacksonville
FL
$54,952
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$11,689
/yr
$11,646
-$31k
Akron
OH
$55,527
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,072
/yr
-
-$32k
Muncie
IN
$55,768
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,877
/yr
-
-$33k
East Lansing
MI
$58,989
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$21,322
/yr
$19,188
-$33k
Keene
NH
$56,962
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$17,940
/yr
-
-$37k
Tahlequah
OK
$54,484
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$12,424
/yr
$15,191
-$38k
Dekalb
IL
$55,221
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$14,505
/yr
$29,575
-$39k
Cincinnati
OH
$59,703
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$24,917
/yr
$24,250
-$40k
Grand Forks
ND
$56,130
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$18,131
/yr
-
-$45k
Cullowhee
NC
$53,622
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,025
/yr
-
-$47k
Greeley
CO
$55,946
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$18,711
/yr
$15,111
-$48k
Youngstown
OH
$51,687
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$9,161
/yr
-
-$50k
Mount Pleasant
MI
$55,134
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$17,201
/yr
-
-$50k
Dayton
OH
$60,873
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$30,366
/yr
-
-$50k
Oxford
OH
$60,381
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$29,447
/yr
-
-$51k
Fargo
ND
$54,301
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$15,636
/yr
-
-$51k
Miami
FL
$52,470
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$11,462
/yr
$21,300
-$51k
Kent
OH
$56,183
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$20,294
/yr
$22,479
-$52k
Scranton
PA
$56,476
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$21,059
/yr
-
-$53k
Normal
IL
$54,604
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$17,829
/yr
$12,814
-$56k
Pittsburgh
PA
$59,609
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$29,362
/yr
-
-$57k
Edwardsville
IL
$52,166
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,111
/yr
-
-$60k
Ames
IA
$54,391
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$18,517
/yr
$19,500
-$61k
Las Cruces
NM
$49,080
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$6,313
/yr
-
-$61k
Springfield
MO
$53,621
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$17,270
/yr
-
-$63k
Burlington
VT
$54,726
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$20,277
/yr
$22,569
-$64k
Brookings
SD
$54,646
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$20,139
/yr
-
-$64k
Bowling Green
OH
$54,796
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$21,453
/yr
$21,500
-$68k
Chicago
IL
$49,393
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$9,540
/yr
$12,247
-$70k
Greenville
NC
$52,463
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$16,880
/yr
-
-$71k
Purdue University Global
West Lafayette
IN
$47,367
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$5,956
/yr
$25,000
-$75k
Boone
NC
$50,403
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$16,082
/yr
$20,250
-$85k
Bloomsburg
PA
$50,836
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$17,468
/yr
-
-$87k
Idaho State University
Pocatello
ID
$46,238
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$8,910
/yr
-
-$95k
Thibodaux
LA
$47,677
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,357
/yr
-
-$99k
Hattiesburg
MS
$50,957
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$21,172
/yr
$16,011
-$99k
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus
Gurabo
PR
$44,851
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$7,134
/yr
-
-$100k
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
FL
$54,825
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$32,640
/yr
$35,500
-$108k
Ashland University
Ashland
OH
$50,359
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$23,678
/yr
-
-$113k
Warrensburg
MO
$46,803
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$15,554
/yr
-
-$114k
Kingsville
TX
$41,679
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,212
/yr
-
-$149k
Tuscaloosa
AL
$38,018
Nat: $55,840
2yr Post-Grad
$20,202
/yr
-
-$193k
San Francisco
CA
$32,925
Nat: $55,840
2yr Post-Grad
$9,803
/yr
-
-$201k
River Forest
IL
$32,925
Nat: $55,840
2yr Post-Grad
$14,013
/yr
-
-$217k
San Jose
CA
$32,925
Nat: $55,840
2yr Post-Grad
$14,241
/yr
-
-$217k
Milwaukee
WI
$33,993
Nat: $55,753
2yr Post-Grad
$17,607
/yr
-
-$220k
Los Angeles
CA
$26,585
Nat: $55,753
2yr Post-Grad
$2,385
/yr
-
-$233k
West Haven
CT
$36,134
Nat: $55,753
2yr Post-Grad
$32,994
/yr
-
-$256k
West Chester
PA
$32,772
Nat: $55,753
2yr Post-Grad
$24,778
/yr
$25,000
-$257k
Pomona
CA
$25,194
Nat: $55,840
2yr Post-Grad
$9,404
/yr
-
-$271k
Provo
UT
$18,314
Nat: $55,753
4yr Post-Grad
$13,397
/yr
-
-$355k
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).