Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana · Public

Of 85 assessed programs, 82 leave graduates out-earning a typical Indiana high-school graduate (about $36,492/yr) and 3 fall short. Another 194 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$6,324
$30k to $48k	$7,610
$48k to $75k	$12,154
$75k to $110k	$20,204
$110k and up	$25,128
All families (average)	$16,264

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.

85 of 279 programs could be assessed 30% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Indiana high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business	Bachelor's Degree	$105,583	+$69,091	clears the bar	$19,500	0.3 yrs	2,132
Business	Master's Degree	$161,345	+$124,853	clears the bar	$41,000	0.3 yrs	953
Public Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$77,422	+$40,930	clears the bar	$19,500	0.5 yrs	448
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$63,855	+$27,363	clears the bar	$20,500	0.7 yrs	436
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$98,539	+$62,047	clears the bar	$19,500	0.3 yrs	416
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$68,675	+$32,183	clears the bar	$19,400	0.6 yrs	391
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$31,129 1-year earnings	-$5,363	falls short	$19,426	insufficient data	333
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$65,224	+$28,732	clears the bar	$19,500	0.7 yrs	226
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$52,020	+$15,528	clears the bar	$18,000	1.2 yrs	189
Law	First Professional Degree	$120,301	+$83,809	clears the bar	$92,000	1.1 yrs	174
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$68,038	+$31,546	clears the bar	$19,500	0.6 yrs	174
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$52,269	+$15,777	clears the bar	$21,500	1.4 yrs	167
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$65,901	+$29,409	clears the bar	$22,843	0.8 yrs	155
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$85,494	+$49,002	clears the bar	$41,000	0.8 yrs	155
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$28,727	-$7,765	falls short	$20,539	insufficient data	145
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$114,199	+$77,707	clears the bar	$19,366	0.2 yrs	144
Music	Master's Degree	$44,312	+$7,820	clears the bar	$41,000	5.2 yrs	139
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$58,390	+$21,898	clears the bar	$20,295	0.9 yrs	124
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$57,334	+$20,842	clears the bar	$19,261	0.9 yrs	124
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$57,754	+$21,262	clears the bar	$16,882	0.8 yrs	123
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$59,151	+$22,659	clears the bar	$18,762	0.8 yrs	121
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$57,806	+$21,314	clears the bar	$16,832	0.8 yrs	120
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$74,151	+$37,659	clears the bar	$22,802	0.6 yrs	112
Management Science	Master's Degree	$130,003 1-year earnings	+$93,511	clears the bar	$58,590	0.6 yrs	112
Computational Science	Master's Degree	$151,397	+$114,905	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	110
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$99,653	+$63,161	clears the bar	$19,500	0.3 yrs	98
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$69,992	+$33,500	clears the bar	$17,646	0.5 yrs	98
Accounting	Master's Degree	$119,951	+$83,459	clears the bar	$32,000	0.4 yrs	97
Apparel and Textiles	Bachelor's Degree	$77,520	+$41,028	clears the bar	$19,500	0.5 yrs	74
Public Health	Master's Degree	$68,228	+$31,736	clears the bar	$40,849	1.3 yrs	71
Optometry	First Professional Degree	$134,609	+$98,117	clears the bar	$177,626	1.8 yrs	70
Business	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$123,207	+$86,715	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	70
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$61,757	+$25,265	clears the bar	$13,000	0.5 yrs	67
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$78,721	+$42,229	clears the bar	$22,777	0.5 yrs	56
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$89,112	+$52,620	clears the bar	$20,750	0.4 yrs	56
Library Science and Administration	Master's Degree	$53,119	+$16,627	clears the bar	$41,000	2.5 yrs	55
English	Bachelor's Degree	$56,204	+$19,712	clears the bar	$16,227	0.8 yrs	54
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$60,199	+$23,707	clears the bar	$20,250	0.9 yrs	53
Music	Doctoral Degree	$53,477	+$16,985	clears the bar	$64,754	3.8 yrs	50
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$43,816	+$7,324	clears the bar	$18,302	2.5 yrs	48
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$55,861	+$19,369	clears the bar	$18,425	1.0 yrs	46
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$54,630	+$18,138	clears the bar	$20,500	1.1 yrs	46
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	$75,331	+$38,839	clears the bar	$42,422	1.1 yrs	45
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$61,024	+$24,532	clears the bar	$17,000	0.7 yrs	45
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$56,195 1-year earnings	+$19,703	clears the bar	$38,250	1.9 yrs	41
Business	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$105,106	+$68,614	clears the bar	$19,500	0.3 yrs	39
History	Bachelor's Degree	$58,258	+$21,766	clears the bar	$19,975	0.9 yrs	39
Zoology/Animal Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$48,161	+$11,669	clears the bar	$19,500	1.7 yrs	38
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Bachelor's Degree	$60,046	+$23,554	clears the bar	$21,908	0.9 yrs	38
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	$84,452 1-year earnings	+$47,960	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$50,989	+$14,497	clears the bar	$21,500	1.5 yrs	36
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	$148,634	+$112,142	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,591	+$20,099	clears the bar	$18,982	0.9 yrs	35
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$41,328	+$4,836	clears the bar	$21,988	4.5 yrs	35
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$70,700	+$34,208	clears the bar	$29,500	0.9 yrs	29
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$65,164	+$28,672	clears the bar	$33,250	1.2 yrs	28
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$73,276	+$36,784	clears the bar	$32,700	0.9 yrs	27
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$52,008	+$15,516	clears the bar	$19,500	1.3 yrs	27
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	Master's Degree	$62,051	+$25,559	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Social Work	Master's Degree	$53,836	+$17,344	clears the bar	$31,497	1.8 yrs	25
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	$43,361	+$6,869	clears the bar	$35,755	5.2 yrs	25
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$59,694	+$23,202	clears the bar	$19,500	0.8 yrs	23
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Master's Degree	$76,388	+$39,896	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$101,630	+$65,138	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$42,321	+$5,829	clears the bar	$18,635	3.2 yrs	20
Human Computer Interaction	Master's Degree	$127,652	+$91,160	clears the bar	$41,000	0.4 yrs	19
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$48,572	+$12,080	clears the bar	$17,500	1.4 yrs	18
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$77,765	+$41,273	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$42,707	+$6,215	clears the bar	$14,375	2.3 yrs	16
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	$14,831 1-year earnings	-$21,661	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Bachelor's Degree	$69,128	+$32,636	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Communications and Media	Doctoral Degree	$76,868	+$40,376	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
English	Doctoral Degree	$66,488	+$29,996	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Doctoral Degree	$68,501 1-year earnings	+$32,009	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	$86,342	+$49,850	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Anthropology	Doctoral Degree	$74,535	+$38,043	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$69,444 1-year earnings	+$32,952	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	$44,781	+$8,289	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$119,536	+$83,044	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$64,345	+$27,853	clears the bar	$19,841	0.7 yrs	insufficient data
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,867	+$17,375	clears the bar	$19,500	1.1 yrs	insufficient data
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$131,290	+$94,798	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$51,994	+$15,502	clears the bar	$14,000	0.9 yrs	insufficient data
International Relations	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$110,686	+$74,194	clears the bar	$19,500	0.3 yrs	insufficient data
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$81,781	+$45,289	clears the bar	$22,442	0.5 yrs	insufficient data
Applied Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	115
Music	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$50,885	insufficient data	53
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	43
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$21,500	insufficient data	28
Engineering, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Interior Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Education, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Biotechnology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Religion/Religious Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Architectural Sciences and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$20,500	insufficient data	13
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Astronomy and Astrophysics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Research Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Cognitive Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Computational Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Area Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Engineering, General	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Business	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Area Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
School Counseling	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
School Counseling	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Teacher Education (by subject)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7

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 ($36,492/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.