University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
14of 14 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Illinois high-school graduate (about $36,082 a year).
14 of 52 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 38: 36 with no earnings published and 2 with nothing reported. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 135 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$14,860 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
$14,860 a year
About $59,440 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.
A negative net price means grant aid exceeded the published cost for that income band: a typical student received more than they paid. It is what ED reports, not an error.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | -$1,264 |
| $30k to $48k | $914 |
| $48k to $75k | $226 |
| $75k to $110k | $12,602 |
| $110k and up | $48,524 |
| All families (average) | $14,860 |
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 Illinois high-school graduate ($36,082 a year).
33 of 187 programs could be assessed 18% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management Science | Master's Degree | $190,9151-year earnings | +$154,833 | above HS line (1-yr) | $52,045 | 0.3 yrs | 1,236 |
| Social Sciences | Master's Degree | $74,690 | +$38,608 | above HS line | $43,505 | 1.1 yrs | 706 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $159,578 | +$123,496 | clears the bar | $13,395 | 0.1 yrs | 622 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | $169,765 | +$133,683 | above HS line | $80,205 | 0.6 yrs | 217 |
| Law | First Professional Degree | $279,203 | +$243,121 | above HS line | $188,691 | 0.8 yrs | 213 |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | $71,980 | +$35,898 | above HS line | $75,691 | 2.1 yrs | 187 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $172,826 | +$136,744 | clears the bar | $12,000 | 0.1 yrs | 181 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $178,068 | +$141,986 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 156 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Master's Degree | $60,106 | +$24,024 | above HS line | $64,299 | 2.7 yrs | 137 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $59,794 | +$23,712 | clears the bar | $13,500 | 0.6 yrs | 127 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $87,869 | +$51,787 | clears the bar | $18,500 | 0.4 yrs | 111 |
| Research Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $73,483 | +$37,401 | clears the bar | $17,500 | 0.5 yrs | 99 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | $94,237 | +$58,155 | clears the bar | $17,492 | 0.3 yrs | 90 |
| Medicine | First Professional Degree | $101,675 | +$65,593 | above HS line | $141,166 | 2.2 yrs | 87 |
| Computer Programming | Master's Degree | $179,964 | +$143,882 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 80 |
| International Relations | Master's Degree | $83,492 | +$47,410 | above HS line | $37,867 | 0.8 yrs | 75 |
| Statistics | Master's Degree | $161,842 | +$125,760 | above HS line | $48,437 | 0.4 yrs | 70 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $64,330 | +$28,248 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 70 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | $71,709 | +$35,627 | clears the bar | $22,641 | 0.6 yrs | 61 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | $37,2461-year earnings | +$1,164 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 59 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $78,169 | +$42,087 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 53 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | $130,189 | +$94,107 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 48 |
| Theology and Ministry | Master's Degree | $53,796 | +$17,714 | above HS line | $62,708 | 3.5 yrs | 42 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Master's Degree | $126,821 | +$90,739 | above HS line | $46,851 | 0.5 yrs | 33 |
| History | Doctoral Degree | $71,260 | +$35,178 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 29 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $59,898 | +$23,816 | clears the bar | $12,000 | 0.5 yrs | 26 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $69,033 | +$32,951 | above HS line | $66,107 | 2.0 yrs | 19 |
| Area Studies | Master's Degree | $70,631 | +$34,549 | above HS line | $62,295 | 1.8 yrs | 18 |
| Theology and Ministry | Doctoral Degree | $83,657 | +$47,575 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | $128,337 | +$92,255 | above HS line | $59,772 | 0.6 yrs | 12 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $243,256 | +$207,174 | above HS line | $92,529 | 0.4 yrs | 11 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $96,510 | +$60,428 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Master's Degree | $112,727 | +$76,645 | above HS line | $78,854 | 1.0 yrs | 0 |
| Data Analytics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 251 |
| Applied Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 228 |
| Computer Systems Analysis | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 164 |
| Finance | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 147 |
| International Relations | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 88 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 87 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 78 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 77 |
| Research Psychology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 73 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 50 |
| Public Health | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 50 |
| Computer and Information Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 48 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 48 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 48 |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 46 |
| Physics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 42 |
| Economics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 41 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 39 |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 39 |
| Physics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 35 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 31 |
| Computer Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 29 |
| Chemistry | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 29 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| Economics | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Chemical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| International Relations | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Marketing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 21 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Anthropology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Film and Photography | 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 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Theology and Ministry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Sociology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Business | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Social Sciences | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Genetics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Political Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Genetics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Neuroscience | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Sustainability Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Research Psychology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Chemical Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral 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 |
| Political Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Music | Doctoral 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 |
| South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral 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 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Mathematics | Master's 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 |
| Physical Sciences, General | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Design | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Systems Science and Theory | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Applied Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Behavioral Sciences | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Social Sciences | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Fine Arts | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Management Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Social Work | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Anthropology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Fine Arts | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Business | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's 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 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Statistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Theatre | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Film and Photography | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Information Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Engineering Physics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Neuroscience | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Cognitive Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Music | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Computer Programming | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Biology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Philosophy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Social Work | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Theatre | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Film and Photography | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Health | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International Business | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering Science | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Medicine | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Every program, including those without a verdict: download all 187 (CSV).
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, $36,082 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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