University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky · Public

All 67 assessed programs leave graduates out-earning a typical Kentucky high-school graduate (about $35,424/yr). Another 130 could not be assessed.

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My family earns and I expect to take

Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$15,138
$30k to $48k	$14,601
$48k to $75k	$16,419
$75k to $110k	$20,995
$110k and up	$25,186
All families (average)	$17,988

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.

67 of 197 programs could be assessed 34% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Kentucky high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$78,902	+$43,478	clears the bar	$19,704	0.5 yrs	281
Business	Master's Degree	$110,622	+$75,198	clears the bar	$33,183	0.4 yrs	237
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$53,496	+$18,072	clears the bar	$20,311	1.1 yrs	228
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$51,387	+$15,963	clears the bar	$22,008	1.4 yrs	221
Social Work	Master's Degree	$59,074	+$23,650	clears the bar	$35,024	1.5 yrs	180
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$55,636	+$20,212	clears the bar	$20,735	1.0 yrs	177
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$74,873	+$39,449	clears the bar	$18,750	0.5 yrs	174
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$86,009	+$50,585	clears the bar	$26,724	0.5 yrs	161
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$66,931	+$31,507	clears the bar	$22,841	0.7 yrs	161
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$106,490	+$71,066	clears the bar	$199,999	2.8 yrs	155
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$57,399	+$21,975	clears the bar	$18,750	0.9 yrs	144
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$68,074	+$32,650	clears the bar	$19,500	0.6 yrs	135
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$68,351 1-year earnings	+$32,927	clears the bar	$20,500	0.6 yrs	133
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,142	+$20,718	clears the bar	$19,500	0.9 yrs	132
Dentistry	First Professional Degree	$172,704	+$137,280	clears the bar	$305,953	2.2 yrs	114
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$89,056	+$53,632	clears the bar	$21,500	0.4 yrs	105
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$74,924	+$39,500	clears the bar	$18,644	0.5 yrs	103
Management Science	Master's Degree	$82,630 1-year earnings	+$47,206	clears the bar	$30,750	0.7 yrs	97
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$55,856	+$20,432	clears the bar	$18,121	0.9 yrs	90
Law	First Professional Degree	$80,728	+$45,304	clears the bar	$96,424	2.1 yrs	88
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$47,190	+$11,766	clears the bar	$20,450	1.7 yrs	83
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$56,057	+$20,633	clears the bar	$18,336	0.9 yrs	83
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$57,344	+$21,920	clears the bar	$20,243	0.9 yrs	74
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,216	+$61,792	clears the bar	$21,306	0.3 yrs	72
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$75,089	+$39,665	clears the bar	$20,884	0.5 yrs	69
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$54,437	+$19,013	clears the bar	$20,500	1.1 yrs	61
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	$119,245	+$83,821	clears the bar	$20,500	0.2 yrs	59
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$45,429	+$10,005	clears the bar	$24,768	2.5 yrs	58
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$60,645	+$25,221	clears the bar	$39,650	1.6 yrs	56
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,968	+$58,544	clears the bar	$13,123	0.2 yrs	52
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$54,613	+$19,189	clears the bar	$41,000	2.1 yrs	49
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$101,068	+$65,644	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	47
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$80,681	+$45,257	clears the bar	$25,000	0.6 yrs	45
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$105,037	+$69,613	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	44
English	Bachelor's Degree	$45,572	+$10,148	clears the bar	$19,628	1.9 yrs	42
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$107,484	+$72,060	clears the bar	$30,500	0.4 yrs	39
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	$101,295	+$65,871	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$44,829	+$9,405	clears the bar	$24,594	2.6 yrs	38
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Master's Degree	$36,629 1-year earnings	+$1,205	clears the bar	$35,561	29.5 yrs	35
Public Health	Master's Degree	$78,535	+$43,111	clears the bar	$37,565	0.9 yrs	35
Nursing	Master's Degree	$85,670	+$50,246	clears the bar	$55,060	1.1 yrs	31
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$75,845	+$40,421	clears the bar	$16,169	0.4 yrs	30
Industrial Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$104,538	+$69,114	clears the bar	$23,000	0.3 yrs	28
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$59,742	+$24,318	clears the bar	$55,121	2.3 yrs	28
Dental Assisting and Hygiene	Bachelor's Degree	$62,595	+$27,171	clears the bar	$23,000	0.8 yrs	28
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$81,217	+$45,793	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$100,750	+$65,326	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
History	Bachelor's Degree	$45,825	+$10,401	clears the bar	$21,490	2.1 yrs	27
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$84,311	+$48,887	clears the bar	$15,500	0.3 yrs	23
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$42,369	+$6,945	clears the bar	$20,400	2.9 yrs	23
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$39,168	+$3,744	clears the bar	$13,747	3.7 yrs	23
Music	Master's Degree	$41,519	+$6,095	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Special Education	Master's Degree	$60,000	+$24,576	clears the bar	$34,475	1.4 yrs	22
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	Master's Degree	$233,908 1-year earnings	+$198,484	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$43,564	+$8,140	clears the bar	$19,860	2.4 yrs	18
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$56,775	+$21,351	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	$85,209	+$49,785	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$41,842 1-year earnings	+$6,418	clears the bar	$21,679	3.4 yrs	16
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,397	+$14,973	clears the bar	$20,800	1.4 yrs	15
Accounting	Master's Degree	$86,205	+$50,781	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$103,501	+$68,077	clears the bar	$31,184	0.5 yrs	12
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$50,715	+$15,291	clears the bar	$27,750	1.8 yrs	11
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$77,756	+$42,332	clears the bar	$18,000	0.4 yrs	11
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree	$104,744	+$69,320	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$44,329	+$8,905	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Criminal Justice	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$132,191	+$96,767	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$90,799	+$55,375	clears the bar	$22,250	0.4 yrs	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by subject)	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	82
Management Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	69
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	58
Criminal Justice	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	57
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	50
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	35
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Criminal Justice	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Business	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Computer Software and Media Applications	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Accounting	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Public Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Sustainability Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Research Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Computer Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Interdisciplinary Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
School Counseling	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Industrial Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Philosophy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Doctoral Degree	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
Criminal Justice	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Social Work	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Theatre	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Civil Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
American Sign Language	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Real Estate	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Interdisciplinary Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Research Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Urban Studies/Affairs	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Healthcare Administration	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2

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 ($35,424/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.