Education Atlas

College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Stevens Point, WI · Public · Bachelor-granting · 7,306 undergrads · 92% admitted

Do students finish?
51% complete

A large share of students do not finish; the cost is the same whether or not you graduate.

What does it cost?
$20,079/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$80,316 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.

$52,021 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $37,608 median $52,021 75th pct $69,056

76% 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.

42 Bachelor's programs · $23,579 to $75,514 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Paper Science and Engineering.Bachelor's $75,514
Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $75,214 $22,565
Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $56,856 $26,000
Computer Software and Media Applications.Bachelor's $53,154 $22,939
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $53,058 $27,500
Soil Sciences.Bachelor's $45,118 $21,985
Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $43,882 $19,500
Special Education and Teaching.Bachelor's $40,556 $20,500
Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $40,127 $20,500
Mathematics.Bachelor's $39,366 $23,000
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.Bachelor's $39,276
Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $38,278 $21,750
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $37,993 $22,500
Forestry.Bachelor's $37,992 $21,393
Social Sciences, General.Bachelor's $37,471
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $36,571
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $35,385 $24,206
International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $35,200 $25,000
English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $35,123 $21,304
History.Bachelor's $33,404 $20,375
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management.Bachelor's $33,067 $19,534
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy.Bachelor's $32,505 $20,495
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $32,273 $22,500
Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $31,947 $23,776
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $31,775 $24,848
Social Work.Bachelor's $31,580 $23,500
Psychology, General.Bachelor's $31,108 $23,080
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management.Bachelor's $30,805
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.Bachelor's $30,586 $22,372
Sociology.Bachelor's $30,148 $23,250
Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $29,859 $20,537
Biology, General.Bachelor's $29,781 $21,695
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $28,070 $21,731
Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $28,053 $23,463
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $27,749
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.Bachelor's $27,532 $21,500
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Bachelor's $26,722
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.Bachelor's $26,124 $24,000
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $25,858 $19,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $25,530 $25,000
Dance.Bachelor's $24,039 $25,320
Philosophy.Bachelor's $23,579 $22,993

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
$14,674
28% 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. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.

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 (46 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