Education Atlas

College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA · Public · Bachelor-granting · 20,970 undergrads · 80% admitted

Do students finish?
75% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?
$40,903/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$163,612 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$63,727 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $40,592 median $63,727 75th pct $91,581

79% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

61 Bachelor's programs · $18,590 to $70,899 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $70,899 $26,000
Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $65,773 $25,000
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $64,953 $26,500
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $61,841 —
Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $61,636 $25,000
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.Bachelor's $60,681 $24,187
Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $59,557 $25,872
Insurance.Bachelor's $56,967 $24,750
Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $50,782 $19,500
Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $50,577 $23,125
Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $50,100 $26,000
Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $48,617 $23,562
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General.Bachelor's $48,434 $27,263
Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $48,337 $25,750
Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $46,806 $25,000
International Business.Bachelor's $44,898 $25,870
Chemistry.Bachelor's $44,868 $23,952
Marketing.Bachelor's $43,899 $23,553
Mathematics.Bachelor's $43,319 $20,250
Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $43,047 $26,000
Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $41,801 $27,000
Economics.Bachelor's $41,791 $21,854
Hospitality Administration/Management.Bachelor's $41,472 $24,554
Legal Professions and Studies, Other.Bachelor's $41,249 $26,000
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.Bachelor's $40,221 $20,949
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $40,122 $25,187
Architectural Sciences and Technology.Bachelor's $39,809 $26,500
Public Health.Bachelor's $38,314 $27,000
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $37,662 $23,827
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $36,892 $24,250
Neurobiology and Neurosciences.Bachelor's $35,780 $25,668
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.Bachelor's $35,630 $26,000
Social Work.Bachelor's $35,540 $26,000
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $34,144 $23,852
Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $34,097 $24,125
Sociology.Bachelor's $32,903 $21,875
Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $32,575 $23,881
Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $32,400 $21,500
English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $31,644 $21,613
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $31,460 $25,125
Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $31,439 —
Plant Sciences.Bachelor's $31,249 —
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $30,914 $25,501
Biology, General.Bachelor's $30,888 $25,065
History.Bachelor's $30,832 $25,000
International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $30,816 $20,500
Journalism.Bachelor's $30,806 $24,000
Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $29,508 $20,500
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Bachelor's $29,266 $25,904
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.Bachelor's $29,024 $25,000
Psychology, General.Bachelor's $28,627 $22,120
Anthropology.Bachelor's $28,166 $25,000
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.Bachelor's $27,579 $27,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $27,578 $28,367
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $26,077 —
Film/Video and Photographic Arts.Bachelor's $23,947 $21,500
Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $23,678 $25,500
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $23,224 $25,000
Visual and Performing Arts, General.Bachelor's $21,796 $26,000
Music.Bachelor's $18,810 $21,500
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $18,590 $23,375

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt
$19,750
≈ 31% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (92 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website