Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
12of 14 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical New Jersey high-school graduate (about $36,976 a year). 2 fall short.
14 of 38 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 24 have no earnings published. 4 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 81 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$6,128 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
$6,128 a year
About $24,512 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 | $41 |
| $30k to $48k | $352 |
| $48k to $75k | $1,217 |
| $75k to $110k | $4,478 |
| $110k and up | $36,094 |
| All families (average) | $6,128 |
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 New Jersey high-school graduate ($36,976 a year).
16 of 119 programs could be assessed 13% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $217,973 | +$180,997 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 201 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $160,763 | +$123,787 | clears the bar | $11,250 | 0.1 yrs | 132 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | $107,792 | +$70,816 | clears the bar | $10,527 | 0.1 yrs | 114 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Master's Degree | $120,163 | +$83,187 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 100 |
| Operations Research | Bachelor's Degree | $100,3541-year earnings | +$63,378 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 77 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $80,347 | +$43,371 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 72 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $88,576 | +$51,600 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 57 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $41,8481-year earnings | +$4,872 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 52 |
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $63,216 | +$26,240 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 50 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $115,927 | +$78,951 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 45 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $62,344 | +$25,368 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 37 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $32,9141-year earnings | -$4,062 | falls short (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 34 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $61,323 | +$24,347 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 31 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | $32,6471-year earnings | -$4,329 | falls short (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| History | Doctoral Degree | $90,535 | +$53,559 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $214,274 | +$177,298 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 54 |
| Electrical Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 50 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 40 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 38 |
| Electrical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 36 |
| Chemistry | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 35 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 34 |
| Applied Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Computer Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 30 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 30 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 30 |
| Economics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 29 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 27 |
| Physics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Electrical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Physics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 21 |
| Civil Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Chemical Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Political Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Architecture | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Chemical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Political Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Area Studies | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Operations Research | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Civil Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Operations Research | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Research Psychology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Sociology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Music | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| English | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Applied Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Anthropology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Fine Arts | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Neuroscience | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Philosophy | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Anthropology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Area Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Neuroscience | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Music | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Philosophy | Master'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 |
| Architecture | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Research Psychology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Fine Arts | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Demography | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Demography | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering Physics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Computer Engineering | Master's Degree | 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, $36,976 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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