Pennsylvania Western University

California, Pennsylvania · Public

Of 71 assessed programs, 70 leave graduates out-earning a typical Pennsylvania high-school graduate (about $36,498/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 130 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$13,944
$30k to $48k	$14,171
$48k to $75k	$16,517
$75k to $110k	$20,633
$110k and up	$23,272
All families (average)	$18,256

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.

71 of 201 programs could be assessed 35% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Pennsylvania high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$82,099	+$45,601	clears the bar	$16,625	0.4 yrs	273
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$59,065	+$22,567	clears the bar	$30,500	1.4 yrs	247
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$44,180	+$7,682	clears the bar	$26,000	3.4 yrs	220
Social Work	Master's Degree	$58,490	+$21,992	clears the bar	$40,697	1.9 yrs	204
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$55,515	+$19,017	clears the bar	$26,000	1.4 yrs	169
Library Science and Administration	Master's Degree	$55,619	+$19,121	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	160
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$47,468	+$10,970	clears the bar	$26,918	2.5 yrs	153
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$47,295	+$10,797	clears the bar	$27,000	2.5 yrs	150
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$49,817	+$13,319	clears the bar	$23,375	1.8 yrs	135
Special Education	Master's Degree	$53,122	+$16,624	clears the bar	$29,578	1.8 yrs	124
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$78,426	+$41,928	clears the bar	$30,750	0.7 yrs	117
Nursing	Master's Degree	$113,607	+$77,109	clears the bar	$37,684	0.5 yrs	114
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$58,424	+$21,926	clears the bar	$41,000	1.9 yrs	97
Medical Assisting	Associate's Degree	$62,740	+$26,242	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	92
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$73,164	+$36,666	clears the bar	$23,654	0.6 yrs	90
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$54,323	+$17,825	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	89
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$37,684	+$1,186	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	88
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,316	+$19,818	clears the bar	$21,500	1.1 yrs	77
Nursing	Associate's Degree	$73,025	+$36,527	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	75
Education	Master's Degree	$55,650	+$19,152	clears the bar	$30,934	1.6 yrs	72
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$55,052	+$18,554	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	70
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,619	+$17,121	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	69
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$45,903	+$9,405	clears the bar	$25,879	2.8 yrs	69
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$66,008	+$29,510	clears the bar	$27,265	0.9 yrs	68
Social Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$42,582	+$6,084	clears the bar	$20,500	3.4 yrs	66
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$63,781	+$27,283	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	55
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$57,265	+$20,767	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	54
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$45,436	+$8,938	clears the bar	$23,250	2.6 yrs	54
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$45,300	+$8,802	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	53
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	$48,558	+$12,060	clears the bar	$44,280	3.7 yrs	50
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$88,001	+$51,503	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	48
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$48,116	+$11,618	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	43
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$54,813	+$18,315	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$60,248	+$23,750	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
English	Bachelor's Degree	$37,813	+$1,315	clears the bar	$26,816	20.4 yrs	34
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$51,498	+$15,000	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Criminal Justice	Associate's Degree	$46,987	+$10,489	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$64,684	+$28,186	clears the bar	$16,697	0.6 yrs	28
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$68,289	+$31,791	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$83,194	+$46,696	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Accounting	Master's Degree	$76,807	+$40,309	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$40,854	+$4,356	clears the bar	$27,000	6.2 yrs	25
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$57,724	+$21,226	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$49,517	+$13,019	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$60,617	+$24,119	clears the bar	$27,000	1.1 yrs	21
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	$63,323	+$26,825	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$48,497	+$11,999	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	$47,952	+$11,454	clears the bar	$21,457	1.9 yrs	19
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$59,703	+$23,205	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$77,401	+$40,903	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$57,549	+$21,051	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
History	Bachelor's Degree	$37,579	+$1,081	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$50,722	+$14,224	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Teacher Education (by level)	Associate's Degree	$33,108	-$3,390	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Bachelor's Degree	$42,837	+$6,339	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Business Administration	Associate's Degree	$43,801	+$7,303	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biological and Physical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$45,272	+$8,774	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$65,224	+$28,726	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$57,354	+$20,856	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	Associate's Degree	$156,707	+$120,209	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Systems Science and Theory	Bachelor's Degree	$70,820	+$34,322	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$42,662	+$6,164	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	$52,961 1-year earnings	+$16,463	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	$72,111	+$35,613	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Computer Software and Media Applications	Master's Degree	$95,801	+$59,303	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$70,608	+$34,110	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$41,546	+$5,048	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$45,264	+$8,766	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$64,092	+$27,594	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Social Sciences	Master's Degree	$65,444	+$28,946	clears the bar	$26,214	0.9 yrs	1
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$127,594	+$91,096	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Educational Administration	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Criminal Justice	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Counseling Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Health Sciences	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Social Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Business	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Applied Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Statistics	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Criminology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Fine Arts	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Accounting	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Real Estate	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Education, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Legal Support Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Statistics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Social Work	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Accounting	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Legal Support Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Gerontology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
School Counseling	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Homeland Security	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Public Policy Analysis	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Accounting	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Computer and Information Science	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Special Education	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Library Science and Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Dispute Resolution	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Criminal Justice	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Design	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1

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 ($36,498/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.