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Same Degree, Different Paycheck: what 32,468 college programs pay and what their graduates owe
What graduates of the same major earn and owe at different colleges, from federal data on 32,468 programs: where an associate nursing degree pays close to a bachelor's, and for which majors the college you pick matters most.
Data: College Scorecard field of study, June 2026 release · Free dataset (CSV)
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FAFSA Lower Earnings List: 999 Schools Flagged, Down From 1,365
Which schools the FAFSA now warns about for low graduate earnings, what changed since the list most news covered, and what the notice does and does not mean for your aid.
Data: March 2026 release · Free dataset (CSV)
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The Borrowing Gap: where college costs more than a family can borrow
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Over the Cap: graduate programs where the typical borrower owed more than federal loans now allow
Graduate borrowing is capped from July 2026. At which master's, doctoral and professional programs the typical past borrower owed more than the new federal limit.
Data: College Scorecard field of study, June 2026 release · Free dataset (CSV)
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Does a Pricier College Pay Off? Cost vs. Graduation and Earnings
See how a college's net price lines up with graduation rates and graduate earnings. It's an association shaped by selectivity and sector, not a promise that paying more buys a better result.
Data snapshot 2026-06-17 · Free dataset (CSV)
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Graduate earnings by program
What graduates earn, college by college
Every program page shows what its graduates earned four years after finishing, what they borrowed and the monthly payment, from U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23). Below are the largest programs by number of graduates in four big majors. That order is size, not a ranking.
Nursing
- Western Governors University Bachelor's, $97,114 four years out
- Capella University Bachelor's, $97,211 four years out
- Grand Canyon University Bachelor's, $103,884 four years out
- Walden University Master's, $122,823 four years out
- The University of Texas at Arlington Bachelor's, $99,393 four years out
- Aspen University Bachelor's, $109,265 four years out
- Ohio University-Main Campus Bachelor's, $87,308 four years out
- Ivy Tech Community College Associate's, $76,217 four years out
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Bachelor's, $89,234 four years out
- University of South Alabama Master's, $122,851 four years out
- University of North Carolina Wilmington Bachelor's, $86,606 four years out
- University of Central Florida Bachelor's, $83,737 four years out
Computer Science
- University of Southern California Master's, $188,871 four years out
- University of California, Berkeley Bachelor's, $204,379 four years out
- University of Maryland, College Park Bachelor's, $137,931 four years out
- Oregon State University Bachelor's, $121,405 four years out
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Master's, $179,395 four years out
- Arizona State University Campus Immersion Bachelor's, $114,868 four years out
- University of California-Santa Cruz Bachelor's, $123,422 four years out
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte Bachelor's, $93,037 four years out
- University of California-Irvine Bachelor's, $127,404 four years out
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities Bachelor's, $111,661 four years out
- University of California-San Diego Bachelor's, $159,487 four years out
- Cornell University Bachelor's, $223,309 four years out
Business Administration
- Southern New Hampshire University Bachelor's, $75,423 four years out
- Western Governors University Master's, $98,950 four years out
- Miami Dade College Certificate, $47,194 four years out
- Ivy Tech Community College Certificate, $43,703 four years out
- California State University-Fullerton Bachelor's, $71,646 four years out
- San Diego State University Bachelor's, $69,902 four years out
- Ashford University Bachelor's, $71,782 four years out
- American Public University System Bachelor's, $75,722 four years out
- Grand Canyon University Master's, $89,393 four years out
- University of Maryland Global Campus Master's, $107,843 four years out
- Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Associate's, $43,781 four years out
- Liberty University Bachelor's, $67,269 four years out
Psychology
- Southern New Hampshire University Bachelor's, $49,769 four years out
- Florida International University Bachelor's, $49,470 four years out
- University of Central Florida Bachelor's, $49,760 four years out
- Liberty University Bachelor's, $45,340 four years out
- California State University-Northridge Bachelor's, $49,792 four years out
- California State University-Fullerton Bachelor's, $51,661 four years out
- Arizona State University Campus Immersion Bachelor's, $53,586 four years out
- University of South Florida Bachelor's, $47,257 four years out
- Florida State University Bachelor's, $54,728 four years out
- CUNY Queens College Bachelor's, $57,210 four years out
- San Diego State University Bachelor's, $51,021 four years out
- University of California, Los Angeles Bachelor's, $61,050 four years out
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