Butler University
Indianapolis, Indiana · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
7of 8 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Indiana high-school graduate (about $36,492 a year). 1 falls short.
8 of 65 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 57 have no earnings published. 3 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 31 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$36,041 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
$36,041 a year
About $144,164 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 | $25,278 |
| $30k to $48k | $25,696 |
| $48k to $75k | $32,679 |
| $75k to $110k | $36,778 |
| $110k and up | $41,134 |
| All families (average) | $36,041 |
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 Indiana high-school graduate ($36,492 a year).
15 of 96 programs could be assessed 16% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $81,344 | +$44,852 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 0.5 yrs | 102 |
| Pharmacy | First Professional Degree | $133,681 | +$97,189 | above HS line | $41,000 | 0.4 yrs | 100 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $70,154 | +$33,662 | clears the bar | $25,500 | 0.8 yrs | 89 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | $75,382 | +$38,890 | clears the bar | $26,588 | 0.7 yrs | 79 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | $111,5061-year earnings | +$75,014 | above HS line (1-yr) | $107,199 | 1.4 yrs | 72 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $50,7071-year earnings | +$14,215 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $27,000 | 1.9 yrs | 49 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $125,011 | +$88,519 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 48 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $93,584 | +$57,092 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 0.4 yrs | 45 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $43,6781-year earnings | +$7,186 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $26,870 | 3.7 yrs | 36 |
| Insurance | Bachelor's Degree | $89,343 | +$52,851 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $54,8801-year earnings | +$18,388 | above HS line (1-yr) | $35,132 | 1.9 yrs | 24 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | Bachelor's Degree | $34,9111-year earnings | -$1,581 | falls short (1-yr) | $25,000 | no earnings gain | 20 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $105,303 | +$68,811 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | $54,635 | +$18,143 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Education, Other | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | $62,8461-year earnings | +$26,354 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 96 |
| Education, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 82 |
| Health Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $27,000 | not assessed | 56 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $25,000 | not assessed | 46 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $27,000 | not assessed | 39 |
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Management Information Systems | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Criminology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Healthcare Administration | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $24,170 | not assessed | 16 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| International Relations | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Music | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Management Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Management Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Insurance | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Classical and Ancient Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Education, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Data Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| East Asian 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 | 1 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Psychology, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Data Analytics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Pharmacy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Educational Administration | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | 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, $36,492 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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