Augustana College
Rock Island, Illinois · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
20of 23 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Illinois high-school graduate (about $36,082 a year). 3 fall short.
23 of 49 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 26 have no earnings published. 3 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 1 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$22,736 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$22,736 a year
About $90,944 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $15,787 |
| $30k to $48k | $16,525 |
| $48k to $75k | $16,865 |
| $75k to $110k | $22,405 |
| $110k and up | $28,086 |
| All families (average) | $22,736 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Illinois high-school graduate ($36,082 a year).
23 of 50 programs could be assessed 46% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $68,648 | +$32,566 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.8 yrs | 69 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $52,818 | +$16,736 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.6 yrs | 47 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $91,143 | +$55,061 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.5 yrs | 43 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $52,092 | +$16,010 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.7 yrs | 42 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $81,562 | +$45,480 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.6 yrs | 41 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $63,730 | +$27,648 | clears the bar | $26,375 | 1.0 yrs | 39 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $55,909 | +$19,827 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.4 yrs | 25 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | $62,757 | +$26,675 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 1.0 yrs | 21 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $83,339 | +$47,257 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.6 yrs | 21 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | $60,223 | +$24,141 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.1 yrs | 21 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $55,295 | +$19,213 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.4 yrs | 19 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $43,492 | +$7,410 | clears the bar | $26,759 | 3.6 yrs | 15 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $47,613 | +$11,531 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 2.3 yrs | 14 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | $34,0691-year earnings | -$2,013 | falls short (1-yr) | $26,000 | no earnings gain | 14 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $45,048 | +$8,966 | clears the bar | $26,243 | 2.9 yrs | 14 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | $49,763 | +$13,681 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 2.0 yrs | 12 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $33,950 | -$2,132 | falls short | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | $75,672 | +$39,590 | clears the bar | $25,500 | 0.6 yrs | 11 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $38,4361-year earnings | +$2,354 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $27,000 | 11.5 yrs | 9 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | $20,3261-year earnings | -$15,756 | falls short (1-yr) | $26,955 | no earnings gain | 8 |
| Engineering Physics | Bachelor's Degree | $85,993 | +$49,911 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $57,943 | +$21,861 | clears the bar | $26,497 | 1.2 yrs | 0 |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $49,015 | +$12,933 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 2.1 yrs | not published |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 41 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 41 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $27,000 | not assessed | 25 |
| Computational Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 21 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $27,000 | not assessed | 18 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Sociology and Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Management Information Systems | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $36,082 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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