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Doctoral Degree44 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Harvard University
Cambridge
MA
$87,604
Nat: $119,220
2yr Post-Grad
$19,066
/yr
-
+$176k
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe
AZ
-
Nat: $119,220
$14,967
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
AR
-
Nat: $119,220
$18,209
/yr
-
-$0
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley
CA
-
Nat: $119,220
$13,481
/yr
-
-$0
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda
CA
-
Nat: $119,220
-
/yr
-
-$0
RAND School of Public Policy
Santa Monica
CA
-
Nat: $119,220
-
/yr
-
-$0
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $119,220
$32,740
/yr
-
-$0
George Washington University
Washington
DC
-
Nat: $119,220
$36,586
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia State University
Atlanta
GA
-
Nat: $119,220
$15,931
/yr
-
-$0
Boise State University
Boise
ID
-
Nat: $119,220
$21,610
/yr
-
-$0
University of Chicago
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $119,220
$14,860
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana University-Indianapolis
Indianapolis
IN
-
Nat: $119,220
$11,668
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington
IN
-
Nat: $119,220
$16,264
/yr
-
-$0
Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge
LA
-
Nat: $119,220
$20,077
/yr
-
-$0
University of Southern Maine
Portland
ME
-
Nat: $119,220
$13,596
/yr
-
-$0
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore
MD
-
Nat: $119,220
$16,467
/yr
-
-$0
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park
MD
-
Nat: $119,220
$15,678
/yr
-
-$0
Brandeis University
Waltham
MA
-
Nat: $119,220
$35,736
/yr
-
-$0
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $119,220
$17,707
/yr
-
-$0
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth
MA
-
Nat: $119,220
$20,927
/yr
-
-$0
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor
MI
-
Nat: $119,220
$13,138
/yr
-
-$0
Michigan Technological University
Houghton
MI
-
Nat: $119,220
$14,182
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis
MO
-
Nat: $119,220
$24,398
/yr
-
-$0
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $119,220
$10,359
/yr
-
-$0
Princeton University
Princeton
NJ
-
Nat: $119,220
$6,128
/yr
-
-$0
Rutgers University-Camden
Camden
NJ
-
Nat: $119,220
$18,745
/yr
-
-$0
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick
NJ
-
Nat: $119,220
$24,406
/yr
-
-$0
The New School
New York
NY
-
Nat: $119,220
$58,741
/yr
-
-$0
Niagara University
Niagara University
NY
-
Nat: $119,220
$17,248
/yr
-
-$0
Teachers College at Columbia University
New York
NY
-
Nat: $119,220
-
/yr
-
-$0
Duke University
Durham
NC
-
Nat: $119,220
$29,612
/yr
-
-$0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
NC
-
Nat: $119,220
$11,655
/yr
-
-$0
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte
NC
-
Nat: $119,220
$15,435
/yr
-
-$0
Oregon State University
Corvallis
OR
-
Nat: $119,220
$19,604
/yr
-
-$0
Portland State University
Portland
OR
-
Nat: $119,220
$9,552
/yr
-
-$0
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $119,220
$31,944
/yr
-
-$0
University of Rhode Island
Kingston
RI
-
Nat: $119,220
$21,440
/yr
-
-$0
Clemson University
Clemson
SC
-
Nat: $119,220
$22,253
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $119,220
$19,857
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson
TX
-
Nat: $119,220
$18,267
/yr
-
-$0
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $119,220
-
/yr
-
-$0
George Mason University
Fairfax
VA
-
Nat: $119,220
$17,915
/yr
-
-$0
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus
Bend
OR
-
Nat: $119,220
$18,048
/yr
-
-$0
Southern University Law Center
Baton Rouge
LA
-
Nat: $119,220
-
/yr
-
-$0
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.