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Bachelor's Degree65 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 ($39,211)
P25-P75 Interval ($27,669 - $45,822)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Williams Baptist University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Walnut Ridge
AR
-
Nat: $43,633
$15,745
/yr
-
-$0
Bethesda University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Anaheim
CA
-
Nat: $43,633
$11,097
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $43,633
$28,115
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $43,633
-
/yr
-
-$0
Nazarene Bible College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Colorado Springs
CO
-
Nat: $43,633
-
/yr
-
-$0
Baptist University of Florida
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Graceville
FL
-
Nat: $43,633
$10,372
/yr
-
-$0
Toccoa Falls College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Toccoa Falls
GA
-
Nat: $43,633
$21,642
/yr
-
-$0
Boise Bible College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Boise
ID
-
Nat: $43,633
$15,058
/yr
-
-$0
River Forest
IL
-
Nat: $43,633
$18,436
/yr
-
-$0
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $43,633
$36,079
/yr
-
-$0
Huntington
IN
-
Nat: $43,633
$19,310
/yr
-
-$0
Marian University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Indianapolis
IN
-
Nat: $43,633
$24,018
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Marion
IN
-
Nat: $43,633
$22,866
/yr
-
-$0
Orange City
IA
-
Nat: $43,633
$25,907
/yr
-
-$0
Atchison
KS
-
Nat: $43,633
$27,891
/yr
$23,250
-$0
Sterling College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Sterling
KS
-
Nat: $43,633
$22,371
/yr
-
-$0
Wilmore
KY
-
Nat: $43,633
$21,401
/yr
-
-$0
Campbellsville University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Campbellsville
KY
-
Nat: $43,633
$19,341
/yr
-
-$0
Lindsey Wilson College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Columbia
KY
-
Nat: $43,633
$15,070
/yr
-
-$0
Louisiana Christian University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Pineville
LA
-
Nat: $43,633
$13,113
/yr
-
-$0
Central Christian College of the Bible
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Moberly
MO
-
Nat: $43,633
$14,356
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Louis
MO
-
Nat: $43,633
-
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Charles
MO
-
Nat: $43,633
$19,638
/yr
-
-$0
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Kansas City
MO
-
Nat: $43,633
$23,006
/yr
-
-$0
Bolivar
MO
-
Nat: $43,633
$21,677
/yr
-
-$0
Omaha
NE
-
Nat: $43,633
$16,590
/yr
-
-$0
Belmont Abbey College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Belmont
NC
-
Nat: $43,633
$24,639
/yr
-
-$0
Heritage Bible College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Dunn
NC
-
Nat: $43,633
$18,684
/yr
-
-$0
Carolina Christian College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Winston Salem
NC
-
Nat: $43,633
$22,366
/yr
-
-$0
Allegheny Wesleyan College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Salem
OH
-
Nat: $43,633
$5,355
/yr
-
-$0
Cedarville
OH
-
Nat: $43,633
$24,468
/yr
-
-$0
Randall University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Moore
OK
-
Nat: $43,633
$16,383
/yr
-
-$0
Shawnee
OK
-
Nat: $43,633
$20,958
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia
SC
-
Nat: $43,633
$26,036
/yr
-
-$0
Morris College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Sumter
SC
-
Nat: $43,633
$20,555
/yr
-
-$0
Dayton
TN
-
Nat: $43,633
$20,614
/yr
-
-$0
Cleveland
TN
-
Nat: $43,633
$18,878
/yr
-
-$0
Collegedale
TN
-
Nat: $43,633
$24,345
/yr
-
-$0
Arlington Baptist University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Arlington
TX
-
Nat: $43,633
$24,906
/yr
-
-$0
Concordia University Texas
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $43,633
$23,131
/yr
-
-$0
Howard Payne University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Brownwood
TX
-
Nat: $43,633
$23,627
/yr
-
-$0
Wayland Baptist University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Plainview
TX
-
Nat: $43,633
$20,590
/yr
-
-$0
Universidad Teologica del Caribe
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Trujillo Alto
PR
-
Nat: $43,633
$9,045
/yr
-
-$0
Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Rio Piedras
PR
-
Nat: $43,633
$6,440
/yr
-
-$0
Carolina College of Biblical Studies
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Fayetteville
NC
-
Nat: $43,633
$21,322
/yr
-
-$0
Veritas Baptist College
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Lawrenceburg
IN
-
Nat: $43,633
$21,957
/yr
-
-$0
Grace Christian University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Wyoming
MI
$52,314
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$12,404
/yr
$29,000
-$56k
College of Biblical Studies-Houston
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Houston
TX
$45,822
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$672
/yr
-
-$68k
Seward
NE
$55,729
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$23,965
/yr
$28,500
-$70k
Trinity International University-Illinois
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Deerfield
IL
$46,286
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$2,835
/yr
$32,000
-$72k
Dallas
TX
$50,647
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$28,516
/yr
$20,500
-$128k
Grand Canyon University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Phoenix
AZ
$45,165
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$22,472
/yr
$30,731
-$152k
University of the Cumberlands
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Williamsburg
KY
$39,211
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$14,107
/yr
$21,593
-$173k
Wheaton
IL
$42,605
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$26,975
/yr
$25,000
-$190k
Steubenville
OH
$40,987
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$23,589
/yr
$25,000
-$192k
Chicago
IL
$36,770
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$22,221
/yr
$12,647
-$224k
La Mirada
CA
$40,261
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$31,495
/yr
$25,437
-$227k
Saint Bonifacius
MN
$36,826
Nat: $43,633
4yr Post-Grad
$26,672
/yr
$24,250
-$239k
Bourbonnais
IL
$31,127
Nat: $43,633
2yr Post-Grad
$20,729
/yr
-
-$256k
Nelson University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Waxahachie
TX
$29,685
Nat: $43,633
2yr Post-Grad
$21,662
/yr
-
-$273k
Azusa Pacific University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Azusa
CA
$27,669
Nat: $43,633
2yr Post-Grad
$22,212
/yr
$24,500
-$293k
Mount Vernon
OH
$26,933
Nat: $43,633
2yr Post-Grad
$22,421
/yr
-
-$301k
Mechanicsburg
PA
$25,967
Nat: $43,633
2yr Post-Grad
$26,502
/yr
$26,000
-$324k
Upland
IN
$24,421
Nat: $43,633
2yr Post-Grad
$24,865
/yr
-
-$333k
Carolina University
⚠️ Caution: This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate its ROI.
Winston-Salem
NC
$19,227
Nat: $43,633
2yr Post-Grad
$20,828
/yr
-
-$366k
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, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.