University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts · Public

Of 68 assessed programs, 65 leave graduates out-earning a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate (about $41,044/yr) and 3 fall short. Another 219 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$10,164
$30k to $48k	$10,456
$48k to $75k	$12,932
$75k to $110k	$18,964
$110k and up	$30,793
All families (average)	$22,383

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.

68 of 287 programs could be assessed 24% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$51,274	+$10,230	clears the bar	$22,172	2.2 yrs	547
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$165,473	+$124,429	clears the bar	$32,030	0.3 yrs	448
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$123,519	+$82,475	clears the bar	$22,679	0.3 yrs	391
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$80,434	+$39,390	clears the bar	$22,250	0.6 yrs	353
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$72,726	+$31,682	clears the bar	$24,250	0.8 yrs	317
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$63,383	+$22,339	clears the bar	$22,496	1.0 yrs	316
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$60,891	+$19,847	clears the bar	$20,500	1.0 yrs	305
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$92,623	+$51,579	clears the bar	$20,500	0.4 yrs	294
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$96,995	+$55,951	clears the bar	$20,500	0.4 yrs	289
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$63,854	+$22,810	clears the bar	$21,746	1.0 yrs	272
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$83,338	+$42,294	clears the bar	$21,000	0.5 yrs	256
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$60,726	+$19,682	clears the bar	$20,369	1.0 yrs	180
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$74,422	+$33,378	clears the bar	$25,000	0.7 yrs	175
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$86,299	+$45,255	clears the bar	$21,796	0.5 yrs	165
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$90,309	+$49,265	clears the bar	$25,000	0.5 yrs	161
Accounting	Master's Degree	$109,628	+$68,584	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	160
Computer Science	Master's Degree	$154,099	+$113,055	clears the bar	$30,322	0.3 yrs	159
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$77,853	+$36,809	clears the bar	$23,250	0.6 yrs	158
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$73,238	+$32,194	clears the bar	$23,250	0.7 yrs	158
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$96,999	+$55,955	clears the bar	$25,292	0.5 yrs	147
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$100,516	+$59,472	clears the bar	$22,867	0.4 yrs	137
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$54,215	+$13,171	clears the bar	$22,844	1.7 yrs	129
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,960	+$15,916	clears the bar	$21,500	1.4 yrs	121
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$69,269	+$28,225	clears the bar	$21,500	0.8 yrs	110
Public Health	Master's Degree	$84,978	+$43,934	clears the bar	$30,775	0.7 yrs	105
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$70,916	+$29,872	clears the bar	$21,500	0.7 yrs	100
Architectural Sciences and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	$93,156	+$52,112	clears the bar	$22,250	0.4 yrs	94
English	Bachelor's Degree	$48,475	+$7,431	clears the bar	$21,750	2.9 yrs	87
History	Bachelor's Degree	$56,597	+$15,553	clears the bar	$21,250	1.4 yrs	84
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs	Bachelor's Degree	$57,461	+$16,417	clears the bar	$23,236	1.4 yrs	82
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$73,242	+$32,198	clears the bar	$22,597	0.7 yrs	82
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$52,011	+$10,967	clears the bar	$21,500	2.0 yrs	79
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$88,076	+$47,032	clears the bar	$26,961	0.6 yrs	79
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Bachelor's Degree	$66,642	+$25,598	clears the bar	$23,750	0.9 yrs	66
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$63,019	+$21,975	clears the bar	$20,500	0.9 yrs	62
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,990	+$56,946	clears the bar	$27,000	0.5 yrs	60
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$113,083	+$72,039	clears the bar	$27,000	0.4 yrs	57
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$63,620	+$22,576	clears the bar	$22,375	1.0 yrs	52
Public Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	$82,435	+$41,391	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	49
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$72,596	+$31,552	clears the bar	$26,202	0.8 yrs	48
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$101,091	+$60,047	clears the bar	$27,000	0.4 yrs	47
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$20,334 1-year earnings	-$20,710	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	47
Agricultural Production Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$42,520	+$1,476	clears the bar	$19,979	13.5 yrs	43
Industrial Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,791	+$56,747	clears the bar	$26,111	0.5 yrs	30
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$46,027	+$4,983	clears the bar	$22,375	4.5 yrs	30
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$78,373	+$37,329	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$31,186	-$9,858	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Music	Master's Degree	$38,489	-$2,555	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Sustainability Studies	Master's Degree	$68,841	+$27,797	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$59,543	+$18,499	clears the bar	$26,724	1.4 yrs	21
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Master's Degree	$100,729	+$59,685	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Food Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	$77,771	+$36,727	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	$101,532 1-year earnings	+$60,488	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Nursing	Master's Degree	$78,593 1-year earnings	+$37,549	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$51,558	+$10,514	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Human Resources	Master's Degree	$98,155	+$57,111	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	Associate's Degree	$57,093	+$16,049	clears the bar	$11,000	0.7 yrs	13
Plant Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$51,912	+$10,868	clears the bar	$23,250	2.1 yrs	12
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	$74,899	+$33,855	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	$46,477	+$5,433	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$59,298	+$18,254	clears the bar	$7,500	0.4 yrs	7
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$87,779	+$46,735	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$126,453	+$85,409	clears the bar	$57,030	0.7 yrs	4
Education	Doctoral Degree	$110,816	+$69,772	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Education	Master's Degree	$67,432	+$26,388	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Environmental Design	Bachelor's Degree	$55,571	+$14,527	clears the bar	$20,000	1.4 yrs	insufficient data
Landscape Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$64,477	+$23,433	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Management Science	Master's Degree	$91,064	+$50,020	clears the bar	$25,222	0.5 yrs	insufficient data
Data Analytics	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	167
Data Analytics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	85
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	78
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	72
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	65
Social Work	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	61
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	56
Criminal Justice	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	53
Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	50
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	45
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Real Estate	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Music	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Sustainability Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Natural Sciences	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Education, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Applied Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
International Relations	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Natural Resources and Conservation, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Engineering-Related Fields	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Nutrition Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Astronomy and Astrophysics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Agricultural Production Operations	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
English	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Data Analytics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Film and Photography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Social Sciences	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Economics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Social Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Anthropology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Natural Resources and Conservation	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Sociology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Food Science and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Communications and Media	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Teacher Education (by level)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Materials Engineering	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Public Policy Analysis	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
History	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Food Science and Technology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Architectural Sciences and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8

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 ($41,044/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.