Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
22of 22 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate (about $41,044 a year).
22 of 33 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 11: 10 with no earnings published and 1 with nothing reported. 3 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 61 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$35,736 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
$35,736 a year
About $142,944 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 | $13,363 |
| $30k to $48k | $15,135 |
| $48k to $75k | $20,536 |
| $75k to $110k | $26,784 |
| $110k and up | $54,885 |
| All families (average) | $35,736 |
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 Massachusetts high-school graduate ($41,044 a year).
26 of 94 programs could be assessed 28% 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 | $58,384 | +$17,340 | clears the bar | $25,484 | 1.5 yrs | 170 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $95,872 | +$54,828 | clears the bar | $25,295 | 0.5 yrs | 141 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | $87,354 | +$46,310 | above HS line | $28,500 | 0.6 yrs | 112 |
| Business | Bachelor's Degree | $108,405 | +$67,361 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 0.4 yrs | 111 |
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $67,838 | +$26,794 | clears the bar | $26,787 | 1.0 yrs | 109 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | $75,580 | +$34,536 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 0.7 yrs | 101 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $123,460 | +$82,416 | clears the bar | $26,142 | 0.3 yrs | 92 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $102,843 | +$61,799 | above HS line | $48,240 | 0.8 yrs | 86 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Master's Degree | $79,908 | +$38,864 | above HS line | $41,000 | 1.1 yrs | 74 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $74,018 | +$32,974 | clears the bar | $23,333 | 0.7 yrs | 60 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | $68,179 | +$27,135 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 1.0 yrs | 54 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $54,306 | +$13,262 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 2.0 yrs | 51 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $66,366 | +$25,322 | clears the bar | $25,694 | 1.0 yrs | 38 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $65,481 | +$24,437 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.1 yrs | 37 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $62,291 | +$21,247 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 1.2 yrs | 32 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $46,6411-year earnings | +$5,597 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $25,484 | 4.6 yrs | 28 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $59,426 | +$18,382 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 1.3 yrs | 28 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $73,256 | +$32,212 | clears the bar | $24,226 | 0.8 yrs | 27 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | $57,423 | +$16,379 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 1.6 yrs | 27 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | $73,936 | +$32,892 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $47,4101-year earnings | +$6,366 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $27,000 | 4.2 yrs | 23 |
| Computer and Information Science | Master's Degree | $159,137 | +$118,093 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $85,681 | +$44,637 | clears the bar | $26,559 | 0.6 yrs | 19 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $78,746 | +$37,702 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $51,6151-year earnings | +$10,571 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | $58,676 | +$17,632 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Applied Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 96 |
| Management Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 92 |
| IT Administration and Management | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 68 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 52 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 42 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Community Organization and Advocacy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| International Business | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Genetics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Philosophy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Area Studies | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Biotechnology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Research Psychology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Anthropology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Neuroscience | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Computer Programming | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| English | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Chemistry | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Neuroscience | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Physics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Research Psychology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Political Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Political Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Physics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Anthropology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| History | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Area Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Computer Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Economics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Music | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Music | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| IT Administration and Management | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Sociology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Psychology | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
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, $41,044 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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