Portland State University

Portland, Oregon · Public

Of 79 assessed programs, 77 leave graduates out-earning a typical Oregon high-school graduate (about $36,976/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 180 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$7,655
$30k to $48k	$7,752
$48k to $75k	$8,981
$75k to $110k	$12,993
$110k and up	$19,112
All families (average)	$9,552

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.

79 of 259 programs could be assessed 31% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Oregon high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$49,063	+$12,087	clears the bar	$19,655	1.6 yrs	365
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$71,621	+$34,645	clears the bar	$19,901	0.6 yrs	275
Social Work	Master's Degree	$77,091	+$40,115	clears the bar	$47,784	1.2 yrs	260
Social Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$52,562	+$15,586	clears the bar	$21,914	1.4 yrs	247
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$50,949	+$13,973	clears the bar	$22,604	1.6 yrs	223
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$61,499	+$24,523	clears the bar	$18,000	0.7 yrs	209
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$59,961	+$22,985	clears the bar	$15,844	0.7 yrs	190
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$77,226	+$40,250	clears the bar	$23,000	0.6 yrs	188
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$54,934	+$17,958	clears the bar	$22,750	1.3 yrs	175
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$113,889	+$76,913	clears the bar	$25,000	0.3 yrs	168
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$58,109	+$21,133	clears the bar	$22,630	1.1 yrs	151
Education	Master's Degree	$61,014	+$24,038	clears the bar	$33,391	1.4 yrs	136
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$58,860	+$21,884	clears the bar	$21,500	1.0 yrs	133
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$57,438	+$20,462	clears the bar	$16,476	0.8 yrs	130
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$68,274	+$31,298	clears the bar	$18,791	0.6 yrs	125
Biological and Physical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$57,303	+$20,327	clears the bar	$21,720	1.1 yrs	124
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$79,727	+$42,751	clears the bar	$16,444	0.4 yrs	119
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,223	+$57,247	clears the bar	$23,000	0.4 yrs	113
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$56,158	+$19,182	clears the bar	$23,100	1.2 yrs	107
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$63,456	+$26,480	clears the bar	$23,000	0.9 yrs	103
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$59,232	+$22,256	clears the bar	$20,499	0.9 yrs	84
English	Bachelor's Degree	$43,342	+$6,366	clears the bar	$19,513	3.1 yrs	79
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$59,185	+$22,209	clears the bar	$19,083	0.9 yrs	79
Computer Science	Master's Degree	$145,715	+$108,739	clears the bar	$24,484	0.2 yrs	77
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$68,280	+$31,304	clears the bar	$20,834	0.7 yrs	73
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$123,281	+$86,305	clears the bar	$39,595	0.5 yrs	72
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$63,168	+$26,192	clears the bar	$30,833	1.2 yrs	71
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$86,084	+$49,108	clears the bar	$22,470	0.5 yrs	71
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$40,731	+$3,755	clears the bar	$26,296	7.0 yrs	70
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$41,639	+$4,663	clears the bar	$23,250	5.0 yrs	68
Special Education	Master's Degree	$67,504	+$30,528	clears the bar	$40,595	1.3 yrs	60
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$50,427	+$13,451	clears the bar	$20,750	1.5 yrs	60
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$101,905	+$64,929	clears the bar	$23,875	0.4 yrs	58
Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$62,349	+$25,373	clears the bar	$25,000	1.0 yrs	57
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$75,482	+$38,506	clears the bar	$20,000	0.5 yrs	57
History	Bachelor's Degree	$54,131	+$17,155	clears the bar	$24,423	1.4 yrs	55
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,753	+$16,777	clears the bar	$18,376	1.1 yrs	53
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$59,563	+$22,587	clears the bar	$21,480	1.0 yrs	51
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$58,961	+$21,985	clears the bar	$25,000	1.1 yrs	48
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$63,034	+$26,058	clears the bar	$61,197	2.3 yrs	47
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$70,765	+$33,789	clears the bar	$18,000	0.5 yrs	44
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$99,801	+$62,825	clears the bar	$41,000	0.7 yrs	39
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$76,980	+$40,004	clears the bar	$52,500	1.3 yrs	39
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$43,137	+$6,161	clears the bar	$41,000	6.7 yrs	38
Applied Mathematics	Master's Degree	$73,557 1-year earnings	+$36,581	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Human Development and Family Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$57,021 1-year earnings	+$20,045	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$41,759	+$4,783	clears the bar	$17,937	3.8 yrs	34
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	$80,453	+$43,477	clears the bar	$39,229	0.9 yrs	33
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$50,241	+$13,265	clears the bar	$19,500	1.5 yrs	33
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$62,874	+$25,898	clears the bar	$40,495	1.6 yrs	27
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$75,765	+$38,789	clears the bar	$22,221	0.6 yrs	27
Publishing	Master's Degree	$58,153	+$21,177	clears the bar	$41,000	1.9 yrs	26
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$87,259 1-year earnings	+$50,283	clears the bar	$25,000	0.5 yrs	26
Urban Studies/Affairs	Bachelor's Degree	$45,870 1-year earnings	+$8,894	clears the bar	$25,000	2.8 yrs	26
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$76,554	+$39,578	clears the bar	$25,750	0.7 yrs	25
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	$43,242	+$6,266	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Community Organization and Advocacy	Bachelor's Degree	$51,066	+$14,090	clears the bar	$19,500	1.4 yrs	25
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$34,160	-$2,816	falls short	$27,000	insufficient data	25
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$51,925	+$14,949	clears the bar	$23,499	1.6 yrs	24
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$50,191	+$13,215	clears the bar	$18,822	1.4 yrs	24
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$54,310	+$17,334	clears the bar	$21,771	1.3 yrs	23
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$32,441 1-year earnings	-$4,535	falls short	$24,506	insufficient data	22
Real Estate	Master's Degree	$117,821	+$80,845	clears the bar	$39,144	0.5 yrs	22
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$107,077	+$70,101	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$56,436	+$19,460	clears the bar	$21,666	1.1 yrs	20
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$39,563	+$2,587	clears the bar	$25,000	9.7 yrs	19
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$70,948	+$33,972	clears the bar	$24,000	0.7 yrs	18
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$87,488	+$50,512	clears the bar	$22,358	0.4 yrs	15
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$45,692	+$8,716	clears the bar	$29,399	3.4 yrs	14
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$51,248	+$14,272	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$93,150	+$56,174	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$57,932	+$20,956	clears the bar	$21,253	1.0 yrs	13
Taxation	Master's Degree	$81,454	+$44,478	clears the bar	$30,502	0.7 yrs	13
Public Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	$73,504	+$36,528	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Architecture	Master's Degree	$71,002	+$34,026	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	$67,045 1-year earnings	+$30,069	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Finance	Master's Degree	$113,459	+$76,483	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$139,274	+$102,298	clears the bar	$24,428	0.2 yrs	0
Accounting	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$79,598	+$42,622	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	395
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	105
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	54
Accounting	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Computer Software and Media Applications	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Materials Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Materials Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
International/Globalization Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
International/Globalization Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Business/Corporate Communications	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Real Estate	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	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	9
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Management Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Interdisciplinary Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Human Resources	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Systems Science and Theory	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Area Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Gerontology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Public Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Urban Studies/Affairs	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
International Business	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Natural Resources and Conservation	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Special Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Geology and Earth Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Master's 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
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5

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 ($36,976/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.