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Bachelor's Degree•91 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 ($49,377)
P25-P75 Interval ($42,600 - $52,571)
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 ($49,711)
P25-P75 Interval ($43,686 - $54,532)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$2,704 per 100 SAT points (R² 0.12, n=51)

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 ($49,711)
P25-P75 Interval ($43,686 - $54,532)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$829 per 10 pts lower acceptance (R² 0.03, n=60)

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
Gainesville
Earnings shared by 2 University of Florida campuses, which report as one program.
FL
$64,497
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$4,336
/yr
$14,821
+$73k
Gainesville
Earnings shared by 2 University of Florida campuses, which report as one program.
FL
$64,497
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$5,969
/yr
$14,821
+$67k
Alabama State University
Montgomery
AL
-
Nat: $50,468
$9,775
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago State University
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $50,468
$7,273
/yr
-
-$0
Palos Heights
IL
-
Nat: $50,468
$15,155
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
Marion
IN
-
Nat: $50,468
$22,440
/yr
-
-$0
Angola
IN
-
Nat: $50,468
$19,748
/yr
-
-$0
Union Commonwealth University
Barbourville
KY
-
Nat: $50,468
$11,010
/yr
-
-$0
Orono
ME
-
Nat: $50,468
$17,224
/yr
-
-$0
Sault Ste Marie
MI
-
Nat: $50,468
$9,782
/yr
-
-$0
Kalamazoo
MI
-
Nat: $50,468
$13,902
/yr
-
-$0
University
MS
-
Nat: $50,468
$13,752
/yr
$21,500
-$0
Hannibal-LaGrange University
Hannibal
MO
-
Nat: $50,468
$21,546
/yr
-
-$0
Point Lookout
MO
-
Nat: $50,468
$13,114
/yr
-
-$0
Hastings
NE
-
Nat: $50,468
$22,320
/yr
-
-$0
Sparkill
NY
-
Nat: $50,468
$21,253
/yr
-
-$0
Delhi
NY
-
Nat: $50,468
$17,334
/yr
$28,625
-$0
Cortland
NY
-
Nat: $50,468
$22,125
/yr
-
-$0
Plattsburgh
NY
-
Nat: $50,468
$15,606
/yr
-
-$0
Belmont Abbey College
Belmont
NC
-
Nat: $50,468
$25,416
/yr
-
-$0
Wingate
NC
-
Nat: $50,468
$21,511
/yr
-
-$0
Winston-Salem
NC
-
Nat: $50,468
$12,817
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Forks
ND
-
Nat: $50,468
$18,131
/yr
-
-$0
Shawnee
OK
-
Nat: $50,468
$15,979
/yr
-
-$0
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney
PA
-
Nat: $50,468
$12,255
/yr
-
-$0
Morris College
Sumter
SC
-
Nat: $50,468
$25,203
/yr
-
-$0
Yankton
SD
-
Nat: $50,468
$21,395
/yr
-
-$0
Utah Tech University
Saint George
UT
-
Nat: $50,468
$18,287
/yr
$16,145
-$0
Vermont State University
Randolph
VT
-
Nat: $50,468
$22,358
/yr
-
-$0
Brooklyn
NY
$59,616
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$18,853
/yr
-
-$19k
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park
Earnings shared by 4 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$55,741
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$12,651
/yr
$23,810
-$28k
Moscow
ID
$57,876
Nat: $50,468
5yr Post-Grad
$15,321
/yr
-
-$30k
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny
McKeesport
Earnings shared by 4 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$55,741
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$14,194
/yr
$23,810
-$34k
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington
Abington
Earnings shared by 4 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$55,741
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$14,429
/yr
$23,810
-$35k
Durham
NH
$59,537
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$26,150
/yr
$26,861
-$46k
Joliet
IL
$56,003
Nat: $50,468
5yr Post-Grad
$15,961
/yr
-
-$47k
Denton
TX
$54,621
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$15,358
/yr
$20,000
-$47k
Union
NJ
$54,232
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$14,465
/yr
$24,000
-$47k
Saint Cloud
MN
$54,302
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$16,062
/yr
-
-$53k
Normal
IL
$55,032
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$17,829
/yr
$17,750
-$53k
Johnson & Wales University-Online
Providence
Earnings shared by 3 Johnson & Wales University campuses, which report as one program.
RI
$56,241
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$22,071
/yr
$27,000
-$58k
Mankato
MN
$54,532
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$19,702
/yr
$25,000
-$64k
Norfolk
VA
$51,233
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$12,913
/yr
$24,125
-$67k
Cheney
WA
$51,206
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$13,647
/yr
-
-$70k
Frostburg
MD
$52,488
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$16,768
/yr
$13,297
-$70k
Indiana State University
Terre Haute
IN
$49,623
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$10,103
/yr
-
-$70k
Raleigh
NC
$52,233
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$16,486
/yr
$18,263
-$71k
Bloomsburg
PA
$52,571
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$17,468
/yr
-
-$72k
Charlotte
Earnings shared by 3 Johnson & Wales University campuses, which report as one program.
NC
$56,241
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$26,258
/yr
$27,000
-$73k
University of West Georgia
Carrollton
GA
$49,799
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$11,787
/yr
$22,500
-$75k
Tallahassee
FL
$48,260
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$8,605
/yr
$11,869
-$77k
New Haven
CT
$53,522
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$21,029
/yr
$22,406
-$77k
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford
OK
$50,937
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$15,278
/yr
-
-$78k
Greeley
CO
$52,363
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$18,711
/yr
-
-$78k
Russellville
AR
$49,034
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$11,332
/yr
-
-$80k
Charleston
IL
$49,424
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$12,717
/yr
-
-$81k
Miami
FL
$48,814
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$11,462
/yr
$16,500
-$82k
Fort Collins
CO
$52,971
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$22,247
/yr
$19,449
-$86k
Providence
Earnings shared by 3 Johnson & Wales University campuses, which report as one program.
RI
$56,241
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$29,952
/yr
$27,000
-$86k
Manhattan
KS
$50,522
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$18,210
/yr
$18,375
-$92k
The University of Montana
Missoula
MT
$51,426
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$21,302
/yr
-
-$95k
Macomb
IL
$46,363
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$10,018
/yr
-
-$98k
East Stroudsburg
PA
$51,012
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$21,084
/yr
-
-$98k
Wilmington
NC
$50,241
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$19,570
/yr
$18,125
-$99k
Maryville
MO
$48,600
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$16,120
/yr
-
-$101k
Murfreesboro
TN
$46,796
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$12,562
/yr
$20,000
-$103k
University Park
Earnings shared by 4 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$55,741
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$33,675
/yr
$23,810
-$104k
San Marcos
TX
$47,752
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$16,660
/yr
$22,125
-$110k
East Lansing
MI
$49,377
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$21,322
/yr
-
-$113k
Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph
MO
$47,177
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$16,379
/yr
$24,278
-$114k
Brookings
SD
$48,319
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$20,139
/yr
$25,000
-$118k
Clemson
SC
$48,898
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$22,032
/yr
$18,336
-$119k
Rexburg
ID
$41,946
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$6,560
/yr
$12,720
-$123k
Bowling Green
KY
$42,600
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$11,789
/yr
-
-$136k
La Crosse
WI
$44,710
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$17,064
/yr
$19,500
-$137k
Richmond
KY
$41,877
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$11,925
/yr
-
-$143k
Cullowhee
NC
$41,786
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$13,025
/yr
$20,250
-$148k
Slippery Rock
PA
$44,304
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$19,972
/yr
$22,375
-$151k
Durham
NC
$42,426
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$16,708
/yr
$26,000
-$155k
Kent
OH
$43,686
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$20,294
/yr
-
-$158k
Ellensburg
WA
$43,480
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$21,201
/yr
-
-$163k
Boone
NC
$41,052
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$16,082
/yr
$17,700
-$165k
Brockport
NY
$41,547
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$17,315
/yr
$19,500
-$165k
Lindsey Wilson University
Columbia
KY
$37,436
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$14,300
/yr
-
-$190k
Morgantown
WV
$38,649
Nat: $50,468
4yr Post-Grad
$18,020
/yr
-
-$193k
Mount Pleasant
MI
$34,420
Nat: $50,468
2yr Post-Grad
$17,201
/yr
-
-$215k
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia
AR
$38,425
Nat: $50,468
5yr Post-Grad
$21,843
/yr
$22,375
-$215k
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies
Fayette
MO
$31,133
Nat: $50,468
2yr Post-Grad
$16,532
/yr
-
-$242k
New England College
Henniker
NH
$32,382
Nat: $50,468
2yr Post-Grad
$24,059
/yr
-
-$258k
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fayette
MO
$31,133
Nat: $50,468
2yr Post-Grad
$21,697
/yr
-
-$261k
California
PA
$24,615
Nat: $50,468
2yr Post-Grad
$17,839
/yr
-
-$306k
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).