College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL · Public · Bachelor-granting · 37,207 undergrads · 43% admitted

Do students finish?

77% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$22,859/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$91,436 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.

$57,743 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $38,636 median $57,743 75th pct $84,504

75% 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.

56 Bachelor's programs · $24,063 to $69,696 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $69,696 $23,500

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $68,306 $23,172

Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $64,651 $20,521

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $61,674 $15,250

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $61,216 $23,000

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $60,064 $21,625

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $59,447 $22,586

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $57,974 $22,500

Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $49,008 $16,578

Biological and Physical Sciences.Bachelor's $48,251 —

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $47,846 $17,529

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $47,151 $16,691

Statistics.Bachelor's $46,573 $11,792

Physics.Bachelor's $44,598 $17,599

Mathematics.Bachelor's $41,389 $21,502

Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $41,197 $17,750

Business/Managerial Economics.Bachelor's $41,150 —

Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $40,772 —

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $40,119 $18,577

Marketing.Bachelor's $39,741 $16,703

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $38,770 $17,916

Special Education and Teaching.Bachelor's $38,709 —

International Business.Bachelor's $38,593 $17,343

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $38,340 $23,446

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.Bachelor's $38,029 —

Economics.Bachelor's $37,675 $18,649

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $37,269 $18,750

Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $36,245 $17,000

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $35,341 $24,405

Public Health.Bachelor's $32,550 $19,250

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $32,066 $18,323

Hospitality Administration/Management.Bachelor's $32,011 $20,997

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.Bachelor's $31,831 $19,000

Social Sciences, General.Bachelor's $31,797 $20,500

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $31,544 $17,900

Social Work.Bachelor's $31,393 $15,727

Criminology.Bachelor's $31,310 $17,464

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $30,034 —

History.Bachelor's $28,809 $17,624

International Relations and National Security Studies.Bachelor's $28,557 $16,204

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.Bachelor's $28,411 —

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Bachelor's $28,288 $19,948

Sociology.Bachelor's $28,005 $18,062

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $27,830 $17,651

Chemistry.Bachelor's $27,483 $16,750

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $27,213 $17,500

Visual and Performing Arts, Other.Bachelor's $27,170 —

Human Services, General.Bachelor's $26,234 $17,750

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.Bachelor's $25,847 —

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $25,800 $17,750

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $25,291 $16,500

Gerontology.Bachelor's $24,858 —

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $24,617 $22,342

Anthropology.Bachelor's $24,318 $19,027

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $24,175 $22,457

Biology, General.Bachelor's $24,063 $18,273

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

$14,976

≈ 26% 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 (99 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