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title: University of South Florida — cost, debt & earnings (College Scorecard)
location: Tampa, FL
control: Public
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release)
sourceUrl: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
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# University of South Florida

Tampa, FL · Public · Bachelor-granting

> Federal College Scorecard institution **medians** — not a prediction of any one student's outcome, and not a figure for any single program. Earnings/debt cover federally-aided students.

## The bottom line

| Figure | Value | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Typical earnings, 10 yrs after entry | $57,743 | recorded |
| Earnings range (25th–75th pct) | $38,636 – $84,504 | recorded |
| Typical federal debt | $14,976 | recorded |
| Debt of students who withdrew | $9,284 | recorded |
| Completion rate | 77% | recorded |
| Average annual net cost | $22,859 | recorded |
| % earning above a $28k HS-grad wage | 75% | recorded |
| Debt ÷ a year's earnings | 0.26× | derived |
| Earnings premium vs $28k HS benchmark | $29,743 | derived |

**77% of students finish** — the loans are owed whether or not you graduate, so read every figure below next to this number.

Typical **federal** loan debt is $14,976 (≈ 26% of a year's typical earnings here). Note: this counts federal loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS, or family savings — so true borrowing is usually higher; and because dropouts borrow less, low-completion schools can show a deceptively low debt figure.

## Earnings by major (the number that decides "worth it")

> **Different measure — read on its own terms.** These are median earnings **1 year after completing the program** (early career, graduates only) — NOT the 10-years-after-entry school-wide figure above. Do not compare a program figure to the school figure; compare majors to each other. The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates.

By program, early-career pay ranges from $19,488 to $105,372 across 99 program(s).

| Major | Credential | Pay (1 yr out) | Median debt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | Doctoral Degree | $105,372 | $38,646 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | First Professional Degree | $95,164 | not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | Master's Degree | $91,251 | $52,931 |
| Engineering-Related Fields. | Master's Degree | $91,147 | not reported |
| Computer Systems Analysis. | Master's Degree | $85,308 | $24,256 |
| Homeland Security. | Master's Degree | $79,700 | $20,907 |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics. | Master's Degree | $76,033 | $34,129 |
| Psychology, General. | Doctoral Degree | $74,305 | not reported |
| Public Health. | Doctoral Degree | $71,285 | $34,545 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | First Professional Degree | $70,727 | not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Master's Degree | $70,711 | $32,976 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | Doctoral Degree | $70,332 | $46,914 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $69,696 | $23,500 |
| Civil Engineering. | Master's Degree | $69,632 | not reported |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | Doctoral Degree | $69,631 | $67,058 |
| Computer Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $68,306 | $23,172 |
| Industrial Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $64,651 | $20,521 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | Bachelor's Degree | $61,674 | $15,250 |
| Chemical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $61,216 | $23,000 |
| Civil Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $60,064 | $21,625 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $59,447 | $22,586 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Master's Degree | $59,039 | $18,980 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $57,974 | $22,500 |
| Psychology, Other. | Master's Degree | $57,639 | $29,953 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | Master's Degree | $56,007 | $50,555 |
| Medicine. | First Professional Degree | $55,313 | $180,457 |
| Public Health. | Master's Degree | $54,255 | $38,100 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | Master's Degree | $54,156 | $43,148 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. | Doctoral Degree | $50,413 | not reported |
| Architecture. | Master's Degree | $50,372 | $59,989 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | Master's Degree | $49,651 | not reported |
| Management Information Systems and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $49,008 | $16,578 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | Bachelor's Degree | $48,251 | not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Master's Degree | $48,247 | $37,750 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $47,846 | $17,529 |
| Public Administration. | Master's Degree | $47,332 | not reported |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $47,151 | $16,691 |
| Statistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $46,573 | $11,792 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Master's Degree | $45,393 | $36,034 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | Master's Degree | $45,204 | $38,277 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | Master's Degree | $44,824 | $25,778 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | Master's Degree | $44,700 | not reported |
| Physics. | Bachelor's Degree | $44,598 | $17,599 |
| Journalism. | Master's Degree | $43,111 | $36,404 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | Master's Degree | $42,950 | $46,889 |
| Anthropology. | Master's Degree | $42,390 | not reported |
| Mathematics. | Bachelor's Degree | $41,389 | $21,502 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $41,197 | $17,750 |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | $41,150 | not reported |
| Library Science and Administration. | Master's Degree | $40,997 | $34,910 |
| Geography and Cartography. | Bachelor's Degree | $40,772 | not reported |
| Human Services, General. | Master's Degree | $40,353 | $32,300 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Bachelor's Degree | $40,119 | $18,577 |
| Social Work. | Master's Degree | $39,903 | $30,750 |
| Marketing. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,741 | $16,703 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | Master's Degree | $39,228 | $39,162 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | Master's Degree | $38,991 | $28,570 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,770 | $17,916 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,709 | not reported |
| International Business. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,593 | $17,343 |
| Sustainability Studies. | Master's Degree | $38,534 | $29,657 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,340 | $23,446 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,029 | not reported |
| Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | $37,675 | $18,649 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $37,269 | $18,750 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $36,245 | $17,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | Master's Degree | $36,224 | $61,500 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | Bachelor's Degree | $35,341 | $24,405 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | Master's Degree | $33,818 | $59,036 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | Master's Degree | $33,108 | not reported |
| Public Health. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,550 | $19,250 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,066 | $18,323 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,011 | $20,997 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,831 | $19,000 |
| Social Sciences, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,797 | $20,500 |
| Political Science and Government. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,544 | $17,900 |
| Social Work. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,393 | $15,727 |
| Criminology. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,310 | $17,464 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,034 | not reported |
| History. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,809 | $17,624 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,557 | $16,204 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,411 | not reported |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,288 | $19,948 |
| Sociology. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,005 | $18,062 |
| Psychology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,830 | $17,651 |
| Chemistry. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,483 | $16,750 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,213 | $17,500 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other. | Bachelor's Degree | $27,170 | not reported |
| Human Services, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $26,234 | $17,750 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,847 | not reported |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,800 | $17,750 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. | Master's Degree | $25,430 | $28,286 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,291 | $16,500 |
| Gerontology. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,858 | not reported |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,617 | $22,342 |
| Anthropology. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,318 | $19,027 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,175 | $22,457 |
| Biology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,063 | $18,273 |
| Music. | Master's Degree | $19,488 | not reported |

## What this is — and is NOT

Institution-wide medians from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. **Not** a prediction of what you would earn or owe, **not** a figure for any single program (a CS and a fine-arts graduate of the same school diverge enormously), **not** proof the school caused the outcome (selection, not causation), and **not** a "best college" ranking. Explore University of South Florida by field of study at the official Scorecard: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?137351

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