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Bachelor's Degree•135 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 ($49,922)
P25-P75 Interval ($42,301 - $58,501)
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 ($50,555)
P25-P75 Interval ($42,936 - $59,898)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$5,157 per 100 SAT points (R² 0.33, n=39)

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 ($50,555)
P25-P75 Interval ($42,936 - $59,898)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
Trend: +$534 per 10 pts lower acceptance (R² 0.01, n=59)

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
New York
NY
$73,007
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$657
/yr
-
+$152k
Palo Alto University
Palo Alto
CA
$66,171
Nat: $50,523
2yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$122k
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
Prescott
Earnings shared by 2 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campuses, which report as one program.
AZ
$82,023
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$38,102
/yr
$24,529
+$86k
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach
Earnings shared by 2 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campuses, which report as one program.
FL
$82,023
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$40,539
/yr
$24,529
+$78k
San Bernardino
CA
$63,062
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$3,946
/yr
-
+$63k
Philadelphia
PA
$75,549
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$33,840
/yr
-
+$52k
Los Angeles Pacific University
San Dimas
CA
$71,935
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$28,427
/yr
$25,302
+$44k
Chestnut Hill
MA
$76,328
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$38,930
/yr
$19,000
+$40k
Kalamazoo
MI
$64,679
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$13,902
/yr
$19,857
+$40k
Memphis
TN
$64,897
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$16,842
/yr
-
+$31k
Farmingdale
NY
$58,570
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$6,146
/yr
$17,500
+$18k
New York
NY
$55,595
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$1,110
/yr
$11,000
+$12k
New York
NY
$67,811
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$30,721
/yr
$23,500
+$4k
Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage
AK
-
Nat: $50,523
$26,241
/yr
-
-$0
La Mirada
CA
-
Nat: $50,523
$32,530
/yr
$25,166
-$0
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $50,523
$29,761
/yr
-
-$0
Regis University
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $50,523
$18,133
/yr
-
-$0
Trinity College of Florida
Trinity
FL
-
Nat: $50,523
$15,479
/yr
-
-$0
Statesboro
GA
-
Nat: $50,523
$16,785
/yr
-
-$0
Augusta
GA
-
Nat: $50,523
-
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $50,523
$22,443
/yr
-
-$0
Judson University
Elgin
IL
-
Nat: $50,523
$19,224
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $50,523
$36,340
/yr
-
-$0
National Louis University
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $50,523
$10,364
/yr
-
-$0
Quincy
IL
-
Nat: $50,523
$22,711
/yr
-
-$0
Muncie
IN
-
Nat: $50,523
$13,877
/yr
$25,000
-$0
Manchester University
North Manchester
IN
-
Nat: $50,523
$20,763
/yr
-
-$0
Mount Vernon
IA
-
Nat: $50,523
$25,297
/yr
-
-$0
Sioux City
IA
-
Nat: $50,523
$23,505
/yr
-
-$0
Davenport
IA
-
Nat: $50,523
$23,689
/yr
$21,500
-$0
Wichita
KS
-
Nat: $50,523
$17,430
/yr
-
-$0
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Olathe
KS
-
Nat: $50,523
$30,947
/yr
-
-$0
Sterling College
Sterling
KS
-
Nat: $50,523
$24,297
/yr
-
-$0
Kentucky Christian University
Grayson
KY
-
Nat: $50,523
$25,469
/yr
-
-$0
Orono
ME
-
Nat: $50,523
$17,224
/yr
-
-$0
Waterville
ME
-
Nat: $50,523
$23,739
/yr
$21,000
-$0
Bay Path University
Longmeadow
MA
-
Nat: $50,523
$16,390
/yr
$26,500
-$0
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $50,523
$43,891
/yr
$22,250
-$0
Medford
MA
-
Nat: $50,523
$38,797
/yr
-
-$0
Detroit
MI
-
Nat: $50,523
$13,469
/yr
-
-$0
Cornerstone University
Grand Rapids
MI
-
Nat: $50,523
$18,028
/yr
-
-$0
Minneapolis
MN
-
Nat: $50,523
$23,390
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $50,523
$23,688
/yr
-
-$0
Oak Hills Christian College
Bemidji
MN
-
Nat: $50,523
$19,483
/yr
-
-$0
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fayette
MO
-
Nat: $50,523
$21,697
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Louis
MO
-
Nat: $50,523
$20,199
/yr
$21,752
-$0
Maryville
MO
-
Nat: $50,523
$16,120
/yr
-
-$0
St. Louis
MO
-
Nat: $50,523
$13,360
/yr
-
-$0
Bellevue University
Bellevue
NE
-
Nat: $50,523
$11,743
/yr
$25,000
-$0
Omaha
NE
-
Nat: $50,523
$14,621
/yr
-
-$0
Lawrenceville
NJ
-
Nat: $50,523
$24,780
/yr
-
-$0
University of the Southwest
Hobbs
NM
-
Nat: $50,523
$17,550
/yr
-
-$0
Excelsior University
Albany
NY
-
Nat: $50,523
-
/yr
-
-$0
Elizabeth City
NC
-
Nat: $50,523
$19,001
/yr
-
-$0
Mayville
ND
-
Nat: $50,523
$13,637
/yr
-
-$0
Berea
OH
-
Nat: $50,523
$27,222
/yr
-
-$0
Miami University-Hamilton
Hamilton
OH
-
Nat: $50,523
$11,513
/yr
-
-$0
Miami University-Middletown
Middletown
OH
-
Nat: $50,523
$10,410
/yr
-
-$0
Rogers State University
Claremore
OK
-
Nat: $50,523
$18,042
/yr
$25,000
-$0
Bushnell University
Eugene
OR
-
Nat: $50,523
$19,624
/yr
-
-$0
Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster
PA
-
Nat: $50,523
$24,806
/yr
-
-$0
Lincoln University
Lincoln University
PA
-
Nat: $50,523
$13,517
/yr
-
-$0
Latrobe
PA
-
Nat: $50,523
$23,122
/yr
-
-$0
Coker University
Hartsville
SC
-
Nat: $50,523
$24,908
/yr
-
-$0
Maryville
TN
-
Nat: $50,523
$20,677
/yr
-
-$0
Collegedale
TN
-
Nat: $50,523
$25,979
/yr
-
-$0
Arlington Baptist University
Arlington
TX
-
Nat: $50,523
$30,957
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $50,523
$17,775
/yr
-
-$0
Nelson University
Waxahachie
TX
-
Nat: $50,523
$26,425
/yr
-
-$0
Bennington
VT
-
Nat: $50,523
$31,507
/yr
-
-$0
Vermont State University
Randolph
VT
-
Nat: $50,523
$22,358
/yr
-
-$0
Danville
VA
-
Nat: $50,523
$27,629
/yr
-
-$0
City University of Seattle
Seattle
WA
-
Nat: $50,523
-
/yr
$26,459
-$0
College Place
WA
-
Nat: $50,523
$27,786
/yr
-
-$0
Bethany College
Bethany
WV
-
Nat: $50,523
$22,129
/yr
-
-$0
Ponce
PR
-
Nat: $50,523
$10,578
/yr
-
-$0
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Mayaguez
PR
-
Nat: $50,523
$9,655
/yr
-
-$0
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies
Fayette
MO
-
Nat: $50,523
$16,532
/yr
-
-$0
Ecclesia College
Springdale
AR
-
Nat: $50,523
$20,458
/yr
-
-$0
Aspen University
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $50,523
$12,698
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global
Marion
Earnings shared by 2 Indiana Wesleyan University campuses, which report as one program.
IN
$60,898
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$17,069
/yr
$30,455
-$2k
Chicago
IL
$59,898
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$16,776
/yr
-
-$9k
Albright College
Reading
PA
$60,589
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$20,596
/yr
-
-$17k
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
Marion
Earnings shared by 2 Indiana Wesleyan University campuses, which report as one program.
IN
$60,898
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$22,440
/yr
$30,455
-$21k
Albany
NY
$58,501
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$18,266
/yr
$19,016
-$26k
Boston
MA
$62,013
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$27,196
/yr
$27,000
-$29k
Murfreesboro
TN
$55,031
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$12,562
/yr
$14,031
-$34k
La Jolla
CA
$56,000
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$14,794
/yr
$12,000
-$34k
Saint Bonifacius
MN
$60,077
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$25,963
/yr
$18,750
-$41k
Seattle
Earnings shared by 2 University of Washington campuses, which report as one program.
WA
$52,771
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$13,663
/yr
$12,498
-$57k
Bothell
Earnings shared by 2 University of Washington campuses, which report as one program.
WA
$52,771
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$13,802
/yr
$12,498
-$57k
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint
MI
$49,832
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$8,320
/yr
-
-$62k
Bangor
ME
$55,648
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$22,146
/yr
-
-$63k
Canton
NY
$51,077
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$12,696
/yr
$24,500
-$67k
Philadelphia
PA
$56,119
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$25,555
/yr
-
-$72k
Los Angeles
CA
$46,060
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$2,385
/yr
$9,623
-$73k
Purdue University Global
West Lafayette
IN
$47,339
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$5,956
/yr
$37,500
-$75k
Pittsburgh
PA
$55,736
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$29,362
/yr
$21,500
-$89k
Saint Cloud
MN
$49,922
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$16,062
/yr
$18,464
-$89k
Mississippi State
MS
$50,176
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$18,781
/yr
$25,125
-$97k
Los Angeles
CA
$52,940
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$27,235
/yr
$31,154
-$104k
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls
OR
$48,724
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$17,499
/yr
$16,823
-$105k
Denton
TX
$46,468
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$15,358
/yr
$16,000
-$116k
SUNY Morrisville
Morrisville
NY
$46,764
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$16,184
/yr
$27,026
-$116k
Tiffin University
Tiffin
OH
$50,934
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$26,131
/yr
$27,000
-$117k
Shawnee
OK
$46,512
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$15,979
/yr
$23,250
-$118k
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne
FL
$55,282
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$36,511
/yr
$26,584
-$118k
Cambridge
MA
$52,367
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$31,777
/yr
$23,149
-$125k
Champlain College
Burlington
VT
$55,701
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$39,617
/yr
-
-$126k
Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale
AZ
$41,565
Nat: $50,523
2yr Post-Grad
$11,594
/yr
$19,781
-$130k
Clayton State University
Morrow
GA
$42,032
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$8,868
/yr
$25,000
-$131k
Belhaven University
Jackson
MS
$45,213
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$18,078
/yr
$27,302
-$137k
Tempe
AZ
$41,565
Nat: $50,523
2yr Post-Grad
$14,694
/yr
$19,781
-$141k
Doylestown
PA
$48,732
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$28,226
/yr
$22,000
-$143k
Franklin University
Columbus
OH
$48,543
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$28,451
/yr
-
-$146k
Providence
RI
$48,967
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$29,952
/yr
-
-$147k
New England College
Henniker
NH
$46,270
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$24,059
/yr
-
-$149k
Boston
MA
$51,086
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$36,503
/yr
-
-$153k
Wayne
NE
$41,391
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$15,534
/yr
$15,000
-$160k
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs
NC
$42,936
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$21,150
/yr
$25,694
-$167k
Smithfield
RI
$47,260
Nat: $50,523
2yr Post-Grad
$39,186
/yr
-
-$179k
Keystone College
La Plume
PA
$41,571
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$22,909
/yr
$26,000
-$185k
Winona Lake
IN
$39,291
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$18,473
/yr
$20,500
-$189k
Arizona Christian University
Glendale
AZ
$46,659
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$36,720
/yr
$19,750
-$191k
Point University
West Point
GA
$40,621
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$24,955
/yr
-
-$201k
Belton
TX
$42,301
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$29,143
/yr
$25,000
-$201k
Faulkner University
Montgomery
AL
$39,459
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$23,416
/yr
$27,000
-$205k
Mid-America Christian University
Oklahoma City
OK
$34,847
Nat: $50,523
2yr Post-Grad
$21,544
/yr
-
-$226k
Ponce
PR
$31,751
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$10,710
/yr
-
-$227k
Greenville
SC
$31,332
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$14,632
/yr
$16,041
-$244k
Toccoa Falls College
Toccoa Falls
GA
$33,831
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$21,229
/yr
$26,000
-$246k
Montana State University Billings
Billings
MT
$29,685
Nat: $50,523
2yr Post-Grad
$15,630
/yr
$22,750
-$252k
University of Puerto Rico-Carolina
Carolina
PR
$26,214
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$12,472
/yr
-
-$282k
Arecibo
PR
$25,528
Nat: $50,523
4yr Post-Grad
$13,088
/yr
-
-$290k
Walden University
Minneapolis
MN
$29,461
Nat: $50,523
2yr Post-Grad
$29,899
/yr
-
-$305k
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).