College Scorecard · cost vs. earnings
Is your college worth the debt?
For any of 5,694 U.S. colleges: what students typically earn ten years later, what they owe, whether most people finish — and whether the earnings are likely to justify the debt. Federal data, no spin.
Not sure on the school yet? Start with the major: is your major worth the debt? — early-career pay and debt for every field of study, across all colleges.
Type at least 2 letters. Matches are ordered by typical earnings — which reflects what fields a school teaches and whom it admits, not school "quality."
Read these numbers carefully
Every figure is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — not a prediction of any one student's outcome, and earnings differ enormously by field of study. Use it to compare and to ask better questions, not as a guarantee. Schools shown: For-profit (2,138) · Public (2,004) · Private nonprofit (1,552).