Truman State University
Kirksville, Missouri · Public
Graduate earnings
17of 18 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Missouri high-school graduate (about $34,809 a year). 1 falls short.
18 of 40 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 22: 18 with no earnings published and 4 with nothing reported. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 15 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$12,780 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
$12,780 a year
About $51,120 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 | $6,046 |
| $30k to $48k | $7,926 |
| $48k to $75k | $12,426 |
| $75k to $110k | $15,425 |
| $110k and up | $17,220 |
| All families (average) | $12,780 |
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 Missouri high-school graduate ($34,809 a year).
22 of 55 programs could be assessed 40% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $70,633 | +$35,824 | clears the bar | $22,813 | 0.6 yrs | 108 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $61,647 | +$26,838 | clears the bar | $20,305 | 0.8 yrs | 72 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $55,213 | +$20,404 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 1.1 yrs | 67 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $77,315 | +$42,506 | clears the bar | $25,094 | 0.6 yrs | 55 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $44,705 | +$9,896 | above HS line | $20,000 | 2.0 yrs | 45 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $84,515 | +$49,706 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 0.5 yrs | 39 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $91,303 | +$56,494 | above HS line | $14,185 | 0.3 yrs | 37 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $38,923 | +$4,114 | clears the bar | $21,104 | 5.1 yrs | 36 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $60,157 | +$25,348 | clears the bar | $23,031 | 0.9 yrs | 32 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $44,010 | +$9,201 | above HS line | $17,000 | 1.8 yrs | 29 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $50,785 | +$15,976 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 1.5 yrs | 28 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | $48,320 | +$13,511 | clears the bar | $19,875 | 1.5 yrs | 26 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $60,586 | +$25,777 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.8 yrs | 24 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | $60,478 | +$25,669 | above HS line | $39,851 | 1.6 yrs | 22 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $56,596 | +$21,787 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 1.0 yrs | 18 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $40,026 | +$5,217 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 5.0 yrs | 17 |
| Agriculture, General | Bachelor's Degree | $52,303 | +$17,494 | clears the bar | $18,518 | 1.1 yrs | 16 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $43,405 | +$8,596 | clears the bar | $18,625 | 2.2 yrs | 16 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $15,9981-year earnings | -$18,811 | falls short (1-yr) | $27,000 | no earnings gain | 14 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $52,584 | +$17,775 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | $106,203 | +$71,394 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 0.4 yrs | not published |
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $41,487 | +$6,678 | clears the bar | $19,500 | 2.9 yrs | not published |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 79 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Special Education | 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 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Data Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's 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 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Data Analytics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Data Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Bachelor'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, $34,809 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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