Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
6of 6 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical North Carolina high-school graduate (about $34,059 a year).
6 of 61 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 55: 32 with no earnings published and 23 with nothing reported. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage.
Average net price, all families$17,379 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
$17,379 a year
About $69,516 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 | $9,497 |
| $30k to $48k | $5,354 |
| $48k to $75k | $6,759 |
| $75k to $110k | $18,616 |
| $110k and up | $42,346 |
| All families (average) | $17,379 |
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 North Carolina high-school graduate ($34,059 a year).
6 of 61 programs could be assessed 10% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $60,000 | +$25,941 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Biology | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $39,6021-year earnings | +$5,543 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $19,000 | 3.4 yrs | not published |
| Psychology | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $64,714 | +$30,655 | clears the bar | $18,500 | 0.6 yrs | not published |
| Economics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $101,310 | +$67,251 | clears the bar | $22,625 | 0.3 yrs | not published |
| Political Science | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $101,438 | +$67,379 | clears the bar | $19,500 | 0.3 yrs | not published |
| Sociology | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $60,959 | +$26,900 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 78 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 69 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 67 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 54 |
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 51 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Education | 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 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Literature | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Genetics | Bachelor'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 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Area Studies | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Communications and Media | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Computer Science | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Genetics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mathematics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Philosophy | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Chemistry | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Physics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Anthropology | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Theatre | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Fine Arts | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Music | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| History | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | 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, $34,059 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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