Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia · Private, nonprofit

Of 50 assessed programs, 48 leave graduates out-earning a typical Georgia high-school graduate (about $33,813/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 101 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$7,363
$30k to $48k	$9,220
$48k to $75k	$11,237
$75k to $110k	$13,821
$110k and up	$53,018
All families (average)	$22,585

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

50 of 151 programs could be assessed 33% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Georgia high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Public Health	Master's Degree	$88,896	+$55,083	clears the bar	$66,000	1.2 yrs	367
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$136,731	+$102,918	clears the bar	$19,500	0.2 yrs	358
Nursing	Master's Degree	$121,958	+$88,145	clears the bar	$63,050	0.7 yrs	319
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$101,903	+$68,090	clears the bar	$19,750	0.3 yrs	297
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$196,191	+$162,378	clears the bar	$60,046	0.4 yrs	275
Law	First Professional Degree	$152,126	+$118,313	clears the bar	$134,617	1.1 yrs	245
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$70,959	+$37,146	clears the bar	$19,500	0.5 yrs	203
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$111,631	+$77,818	clears the bar	$20,826	0.3 yrs	178
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$73,795	+$39,982	clears the bar	$17,421	0.4 yrs	167
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	$88,235	+$54,422	clears the bar	$66,000	1.2 yrs	158
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$59,628	+$25,815	clears the bar	$19,702	0.8 yrs	153
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	$93,446	+$59,633	clears the bar	$20,983	0.4 yrs	151
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$98,605	+$64,792	clears the bar	$181,971	2.8 yrs	150
Theology and Ministry	Master's Degree	$63,450	+$29,637	clears the bar	$58,657	2.0 yrs	111
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$79,034	+$45,221	clears the bar	$19,625	0.4 yrs	104
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$87,254	+$53,441	clears the bar	$19,500	0.4 yrs	90
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$159,541	+$125,728	clears the bar	$15,500	0.1 yrs	82
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	$85,267	+$51,454	clears the bar	$146,677	2.9 yrs	78
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$94,001	+$60,188	clears the bar	$17,500	0.3 yrs	75
Biology	Doctoral Degree	$105,042	+$71,229	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	57
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$134,153	+$100,340	clears the bar	$174,639	1.7 yrs	56
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	$108,211	+$74,398	clears the bar	$66,876	0.9 yrs	54
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$78,768	+$44,955	clears the bar	$21,515	0.5 yrs	52
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$54,848	+$21,035	clears the bar	$21,000	1.0 yrs	51
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$30,516 1-year earnings	-$3,297	falls short	$20,500	insufficient data	50
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$64,795	+$30,982	clears the bar	$23,172	0.7 yrs	41
Medical Assisting	Master's Degree	$226,131	+$192,318	clears the bar	$170,901	0.9 yrs	38
History	Bachelor's Degree	$69,988	+$36,175	clears the bar	$21,000	0.6 yrs	38
English	Bachelor's Degree	$66,762	+$32,949	clears the bar	$21,000	0.6 yrs	36
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$75,205	+$41,392	clears the bar	$19,500	0.5 yrs	34
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	$120,576	+$86,763	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$78,029	+$44,216	clears the bar	$19,500	0.4 yrs	34
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$76,993	+$43,180	clears the bar	$19,760	0.5 yrs	28
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$33,430 1-year earnings	-$383	falls short	$13,000	insufficient data	28
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	$119,953	+$86,140	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$58,745	+$24,932	clears the bar	$18,210	0.7 yrs	26
Theology and Ministry	First Professional Degree	$97,227	+$63,414	clears the bar	$50,560	0.8 yrs	26
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	Master's Degree	$247,837	+$214,024	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$72,399	+$38,586	clears the bar	$19,500	0.5 yrs	19
Economics	Master's Degree	$74,173	+$40,360	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Religion/Religious Studies	Doctoral Degree	$76,175	+$42,362	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$83,279	+$49,466	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Genetics	Master's Degree	$79,751 1-year earnings	+$45,938	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	$100,240 1-year earnings	+$66,427	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
English	Doctoral Degree	$75,551	+$41,738	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$130,211	+$96,398	clears the bar	$70,165	0.7 yrs	9
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$90,025	+$56,212	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$78,866	+$45,053	clears the bar	$21,000	0.5 yrs	4
Business	Master's Degree	$209,140	+$175,327	clears the bar	$47,269	0.3 yrs	0
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	$57,474	+$23,661	clears the bar	$11,170	0.5 yrs	insufficient data
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	79
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$15,250	insufficient data	60
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Mathematics and Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Accounting	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Economics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Religion/Religious Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Classical and Ancient Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Physical Sciences, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Nutrition Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Philosophy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Astronomy and Astrophysics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Social Sciences	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Political Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Fine Arts	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Business	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
History	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Theology and Religious Vocations, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Behavioral Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Religious Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Anthropology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Public Policy Analysis	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Sociology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Nutrition Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Religion/Religious Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Film and Photography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Area Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Area Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Neuroscience	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Biological and Physical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Mathematics and Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Behavioral Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Economics and Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Religious Music and Worship	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Materials Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Materials Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Demography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Social Sciences	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Visual and Performing Arts, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Public Health	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($33,813/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.