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Bachelor's Degree•130 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 ($50,989)
P25-P75 Interval ($43,210 - $57,424)
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 ($50,498)
P25-P75 Interval ($43,210 - $57,424)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$2,039 per 100 SAT points (R² 0.04, n=30)
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 ($50,498)
P25-P75 Interval ($43,210 - $57,424)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$170 per 10 pts lower acceptance (R² 0.00, n=40)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh | PA | $84,146 Nat: $51,642 5yr Post-Grad | $29,362 /yr | - | +$121k |
Kingston | RI | $77,224 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $22,469 /yr | $19,325 | +$106k |
San Francisco | CA | $61,603 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $9,803 /yr | - | +$30k |
Davis | CA | $60,939 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $14,318 /yr | - | +$8k |
Fairbanks | AK | - Nat: $51,642 | $7,570 /yr | - | -$0 |
Fullerton | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $5,115 /yr | - | -$0 |
Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $2,385 /yr | - | -$0 |
Berkeley | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $14,538 /yr | - | -$0 |
Riverside | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $12,672 /yr | - | -$0 |
Los Angeles | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $37,470 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stockton | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $24,186 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Diego | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,243 /yr | - | -$0 |
Whittier | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $24,940 /yr | - | -$0 |
Storrs | CT | - Nat: $51,642 | $24,342 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Haven | CT | - Nat: $51,642 | $11,340 /yr | - | -$0 |
Newark | DE | - Nat: $51,642 | $16,337 /yr | - | -$0 |
Washington | DC | - Nat: $51,642 | $35,760 /yr | - | -$0 |
Washington | DC | - Nat: $51,642 | $33,661 /yr | - | -$0 |
Atlanta | GA | - Nat: $51,642 | $16,754 /yr | - | -$0 |
Athens | GA | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,636 /yr | - | -$0 |
Chicago | IL | - Nat: $51,642 | $16,776 /yr | - | -$0 |
Evanston | IL | - Nat: $51,642 | $34,420 /yr | - | -$0 |
Wheaton | IL | - Nat: $51,642 | $26,059 /yr | - | -$0 |
Indianapolis | IN | - Nat: $51,642 | $37,499 /yr | - | -$0 |
Grinnell | IA | - Nat: $51,642 | $15,203 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lawrence | KS | - Nat: $51,642 | $20,004 /yr | - | -$0 |
Murray | KY | - Nat: $51,642 | $7,350 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lewiston | ME | - Nat: $51,642 | $27,390 /yr | - | -$0 |
Waltham | MA | - Nat: $51,642 | $38,969 /yr | - | -$0 |
Boston | MA | - Nat: $51,642 | $36,503 /yr | - | -$0 |
Worcester | MA | - Nat: $51,642 | $38,829 /yr | - | -$0 |
Northampton | MA | - Nat: $51,642 | $25,519 /yr | - | -$0 |
Medford | MA | - Nat: $51,642 | $38,797 /yr | - | -$0 |
Wellesley | MA | - Nat: $51,642 | $23,995 /yr | - | -$0 |
Williamstown | MA | - Nat: $51,642 | $15,157 /yr | - | -$0 |
Grand Rapids | MI | - Nat: $51,642 | $21,122 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rochester Hills | MI | - Nat: $51,642 | $11,815 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kalamazoo | MI | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,902 /yr | - | -$0 |
Moorhead | MN | - Nat: $51,642 | $22,280 /yr | - | -$0 |
Saint Peter | MN | - Nat: $51,642 | $24,148 /yr | - | -$0 |
Saint Paul | MN | - Nat: $51,642 | $27,851 /yr | - | -$0 |
Northfield | MN | - Nat: $51,642 | $21,546 /yr | - | -$0 |
University | MS | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,752 /yr | - | -$0 |
St. Louis | MO | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,360 /yr | - | -$0 |
Missoula | MT | - Nat: $51,642 | $21,302 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hanover | NH | - Nat: $51,642 | $26,707 /yr | - | -$0 |
New Brunswick | NJ | - Nat: $51,642 | $24,897 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hamilton | NY | - Nat: $51,642 | $29,409 /yr | - | -$0 |
Clinton | NY | - Nat: $51,642 | $25,793 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hempstead | NY | - Nat: $51,642 | $30,647 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rochester | NY | - Nat: $51,642 | $30,265 /yr | - | -$0 |
Rochester | NY | - Nat: $51,642 | $34,347 /yr | - | -$0 |
Winston-Salem | NC | - Nat: $51,642 | $28,165 /yr | - | -$0 |
Findlay | OH | - Nat: $51,642 | $26,406 /yr | - | -$0 |
Alliance | OH | - Nat: $51,642 | $23,956 /yr | - | -$0 |
Norman | OK | - Nat: $51,642 | $15,531 /yr | - | -$0 |
Tulsa | OK | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,511 /yr | - | -$0 |
McMinnville | OR | - Nat: $51,642 | $24,882 /yr | - | -$0 |
Forest Grove | OR | - Nat: $51,642 | $35,520 /yr | - | -$0 |
Portland | OR | - Nat: $51,642 | $32,800 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pittsburgh | PA | - Nat: $51,642 | $35,780 /yr | - | -$0 |
Elizabethtown | PA | - Nat: $51,642 | $25,682 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bethlehem | PA | - Nat: $51,642 | $25,272 /yr | - | -$0 |
Mechanicsburg | PA | - Nat: $51,642 | $25,955 /yr | - | -$0 |
University Park | PA | - Nat: $51,642 | $33,675 /yr | - | -$0 |
Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $51,642 | $29,577 /yr | - | -$0 |
Swarthmore | PA | - Nat: $51,642 | $17,392 /yr | - | -$0 |
Philadelphia | PA | - Nat: $51,642 | $23,058 /yr | $20,750 | -$0 |
Smithfield | RI | - Nat: $51,642 | $39,186 /yr | - | -$0 |
Spartanburg | SC | - Nat: $51,642 | $23,144 /yr | - | -$0 |
Denton | TX | - Nat: $51,642 | $15,358 /yr | - | -$0 |
Dallas | TX | - Nat: $51,642 | $39,816 /yr | - | -$0 |
San Antonio | TX | - Nat: $51,642 | $22,962 /yr | - | -$0 |
Salt Lake City | UT | - Nat: $51,642 | $27,314 /yr | - | -$0 |
Bennington | VT | - Nat: $51,642 | $31,507 /yr | - | -$0 |
Middlebury | VT | - Nat: $51,642 | $32,102 /yr | - | -$0 |
Northfield | VT | - Nat: $51,642 | $26,676 /yr | - | -$0 |
Burlington | VT | - Nat: $51,642 | $20,277 /yr | - | -$0 |
Charlottesville | VA | - Nat: $51,642 | $18,056 /yr | - | -$0 |
Lexington | VA | - Nat: $51,642 | $25,279 /yr | - | -$0 |
Ellensburg | WA | - Nat: $51,642 | $21,201 /yr | - | -$0 |
Pullman | WA | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,462 /yr | - | -$0 |
Huntington | WV | - Nat: $51,642 | $7,341 /yr | - | -$0 |
Beloit | WI | - Nat: $51,642 | $23,216 /yr | - | -$0 |
Kenosha | WI | - Nat: $51,642 | $26,444 /yr | - | -$0 |
Oshkosh | WI | - Nat: $51,642 | $16,492 /yr | - | -$0 |
Milwaukee | WI | - Nat: $51,642 | $15,625 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stanford | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $12,307 /yr | - | -$0 |
West Lafayette | IN | - Nat: $51,642 | $14,851 /yr | - | -$0 |
Seaside | CA | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,861 /yr | - | -$0 |
Waterbury | CT | - Nat: $51,642 | $8,616 /yr | - | -$0 |
Groton | CT | - Nat: $51,642 | $11,184 /yr | - | -$0 |
Stamford | CT | - Nat: $51,642 | $14,226 /yr | - | -$0 |
Hartford | CT | - Nat: $51,642 | $13,961 /yr | - | -$0 |
New York | NY | $53,509 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $1,051 /yr | - | -$5k |
Madison | WI | $61,157 Nat: $51,642 5yr Post-Grad | $16,600 /yr | - | -$8k |
College Park | MD | $58,063 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $14,296 /yr | - | -$15k |
Los Angeles | CA | $64,421 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $33,056 /yr | - | -$31k |
Los Angeles | CA | $55,898 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $14,659 /yr | $15,000 | -$34k |
Santa Barbara | CA | $57,874 Nat: $51,642 5yr Post-Grad | $16,807 /yr | - | -$35k |
Naperville | IL | $57,424 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $22,836 /yr | - | -$51k |
Amherst | MA | $58,164 Nat: $51,642 5yr Post-Grad | $22,857 /yr | - | -$55k |
Seattle | WA | $51,826 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $13,663 /yr | $12,398 | -$65k |
Bellingham | WA | $53,930 Nat: $51,642 5yr Post-Grad | $19,963 /yr | - | -$79k |
Bloomington | IN | $50,989 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $16,003 /yr | $17,300 | -$80k |
Albany | NY | $52,424 Nat: $51,642 5yr Post-Grad | $18,266 /yr | - | -$85k |
Eugene | OR | $53,064 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $22,547 /yr | $18,116 | -$86k |
East Lansing | MI | $52,496 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $21,322 /yr | - | -$87k |
Glassboro | NJ | $52,195 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $23,938 /yr | - | -$99k |
Gainesville | FL | $42,682 Nat: $51,642 2yr Post-Grad | $5,969 /yr | - | -$100k |
Honolulu | HI | $46,563 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $11,122 /yr | $19,500 | -$100k |
Tempe | AZ | $47,331 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $14,694 /yr | - | -$106k |
Tallahassee | FL | $44,502 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $8,605 /yr | - | -$109k |
Tacoma | WA | $53,792 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $32,507 /yr | - | -$116k |
Columbus | OH | $46,527 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $17,269 /yr | $18,068 | -$122k |
Boulder | CO | $50,007 Nat: $51,642 5yr Post-Grad | $23,708 /yr | - | -$124k |
Charlotte | NC | $44,878 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $15,142 /yr | - | -$129k |
Long Beach | CA | $43,225 Nat: $51,642 5yr Post-Grad | $9,426 /yr | - | -$130k |
Muncie | IN | $44,208 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $13,877 /yr | - | -$130k |
Bowling Green | KY | $43,210 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $11,789 /yr | - | -$131k |
Notre Dame | IN | $45,715 Nat: $51,642 2yr Post-Grad | $25,339 /yr | - | -$143k |
Portland | OR | $39,563 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $8,337 /yr | - | -$150k |
Minneapolis | MN | $42,569 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $17,330 /yr | $20,056 | -$157k |
Provo | UT | $39,153 Nat: $51,642 2yr Post-Grad | $13,397 /yr | - | -$158k |
Austin | TX | $38,455 Nat: $51,642 4yr Post-Grad | $18,554 /yr | - | -$196k |
Irvine | CA | $32,925 Nat: $51,642 2yr Post-Grad | $13,866 /yr | - | -$216k |
Ypsilanti | MI | $28,598 Nat: $51,642 2yr Post-Grad | $16,628 /yr | - | -$265k |
Queens | NY | $20,140 Nat: $51,642 2yr Post-Grad | $1,272 /yr | - | -$288k |
Lexington | KY | $15,922 Nat: $50,989 2yr Post-Grad | $18,868 /yr | - | -$391k |
Poughkeepsie | NY | $20,140 Nat: $51,642 2yr Post-Grad | $36,924 /yr | - | -$416k |
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).