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Bachelor's Degree•65 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 Price | Median 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.