University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina · Public

Of 81 assessed programs, 79 leave graduates out-earning a typical North Carolina high-school graduate (about $34,059/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 127 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$2,004
$30k to $48k	$3,918
$48k to $75k	$8,538
$75k to $110k	$16,415
$110k and up	$24,396
All families (average)	$11,655

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.

81 of 208 programs could be assessed 39% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical North Carolina high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$70,240	+$36,181	clears the bar	$14,625	0.4 yrs	560
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$62,047	+$27,988	clears the bar	$15,000	0.5 yrs	558
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$103,846	+$69,787	clears the bar	$14,135	0.2 yrs	449
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$137,047	+$102,988	clears the bar	$13,500	0.1 yrs	432
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$63,286	+$29,227	clears the bar	$16,500	0.6 yrs	346
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$135,874	+$101,815	clears the bar	$14,239	0.1 yrs	332
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$72,001	+$37,942	clears the bar	$14,569	0.4 yrs	326
Public Health	Master's Degree	$86,115	+$52,056	clears the bar	$56,414	1.1 yrs	324
Accounting	Master's Degree	$110,766	+$76,707	clears the bar	$58,824	0.8 yrs	217
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$119,839	+$85,780	clears the bar	$14,135	0.2 yrs	211
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$78,585	+$44,526	clears the bar	$19,802	0.4 yrs	201
Law	First Professional Degree	$142,928	+$108,869	clears the bar	$91,570	0.8 yrs	190
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$106,964	+$72,905	clears the bar	$144,732	2.0 yrs	185
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$65,933	+$31,874	clears the bar	$13,261	0.4 yrs	182
Public Policy Analysis	Bachelor's Degree	$74,403	+$40,344	clears the bar	$14,000	0.3 yrs	166
English	Bachelor's Degree	$51,208	+$17,149	clears the bar	$14,794	0.9 yrs	164
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$22,183 1-year earnings	-$11,876	falls short	$14,825	insufficient data	152
History	Bachelor's Degree	$57,952	+$23,893	clears the bar	$14,250	0.6 yrs	143
Social Work	Master's Degree	$62,611	+$28,552	clears the bar	$42,252	1.5 yrs	141
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$64,981	+$30,922	clears the bar	$14,000	0.5 yrs	139
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$101,599	+$67,540	clears the bar	$15,127	0.2 yrs	137
Pharmacy	First Professional Degree	$135,678	+$101,619	clears the bar	$146,598	1.4 yrs	136
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$49,209	+$15,150	clears the bar	$12,000	0.8 yrs	134
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,992	+$63,933	clears the bar	$15,000	0.2 yrs	127
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$65,337	+$31,278	clears the bar	$12,000	0.4 yrs	124
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$51,801	+$17,742	clears the bar	$14,050	0.8 yrs	106
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Bachelor's Degree	$80,344	+$46,285	clears the bar	$14,000	0.3 yrs	102
Nursing	Master's Degree	$114,707	+$80,648	clears the bar	$41,000	0.5 yrs	87
Dentistry	First Professional Degree	$198,570	+$164,511	clears the bar	$214,834	1.3 yrs	86
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,589	+$22,530	clears the bar	$12,500	0.6 yrs	82
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$76,811	+$42,752	clears the bar	$12,750	0.3 yrs	81
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$100,940	+$66,881	clears the bar	$13,197	0.2 yrs	68
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$81,915	+$47,856	clears the bar	$61,017	1.3 yrs	62
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$64,570	+$30,511	clears the bar	$13,379	0.4 yrs	56
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$70,709	+$36,650	clears the bar	$14,618	0.4 yrs	56
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$113,370	+$79,311	clears the bar	$65,082	0.8 yrs	52
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$64,051	+$29,992	clears the bar	$41,000	1.4 yrs	50
Library Science and Administration	Master's Degree	$57,675	+$23,616	clears the bar	$42,364	1.8 yrs	49
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$103,477	+$69,418	clears the bar	$17,150	0.2 yrs	48
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$110,204	+$76,145	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	47
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$72,422	+$38,363	clears the bar	$13,000	0.3 yrs	45
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$54,181	+$20,122	clears the bar	$16,782	0.8 yrs	42
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$58,127	+$24,068	clears the bar	$18,007	0.7 yrs	40
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$54,691	+$20,632	clears the bar	$11,364	0.6 yrs	38
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$23,633 1-year earnings	-$10,426	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$54,867	+$20,808	clears the bar	$23,462	1.1 yrs	36
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	$114,619	+$80,560	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Information Science	Master's Degree	$81,473	+$47,414	clears the bar	$35,630	0.8 yrs	32
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$41,722	+$7,663	clears the bar	$11,599	1.5 yrs	32
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	$113,327	+$79,268	clears the bar	$43,008	0.5 yrs	31
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	$73,711	+$39,652	clears the bar	$79,781	2.0 yrs	29
Nursing	First Professional Degree	$142,610	+$108,551	clears the bar	$73,625	0.7 yrs	29
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	$82,613	+$48,554	clears the bar	$34,940	0.7 yrs	27
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$71,783	+$37,724	clears the bar	$50,279	1.3 yrs	26
Dental Assisting and Hygiene	Bachelor's Degree	$72,567	+$38,508	clears the bar	$11,000	0.3 yrs	26
Pharmacy	Master's Degree	$170,529	+$136,470	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$71,951	+$37,892	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	Master's Degree	$216,728	+$182,669	clears the bar	$118,480	0.6 yrs	23
Healthcare Administration	Doctoral Degree	$144,922	+$110,863	clears the bar	$75,782	0.7 yrs	23
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$41,362	+$7,303	clears the bar	$15,827	2.2 yrs	22
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$122,874	+$88,815	clears the bar	$104,215	1.2 yrs	22
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$76,137	+$42,078	clears the bar	$37,562	0.9 yrs	20
Religion/Religious Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$52,716	+$18,657	clears the bar	$12,550	0.7 yrs	20
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$49,476	+$15,417	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	$88,174	+$54,115	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	$60,165 1-year earnings	+$26,106	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Theatre	Master's Degree	$37,985 1-year earnings	+$3,926	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$56,624	+$22,565	clears the bar	$31,460	1.4 yrs	14
English	Doctoral Degree	$50,433 1-year earnings	+$16,374	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Genetics	Doctoral Degree	$101,128	+$67,069	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	$89,362 1-year earnings	+$55,303	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$72,892	+$38,833	clears the bar	$17,500	0.5 yrs	10
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	$51,978	+$17,919	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	First Professional Degree	$87,889	+$53,830	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Education	Doctoral Degree	$91,430	+$57,371	clears the bar	$81,040	1.4 yrs	6
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	Master's Degree	$204,372	+$170,313	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Education	Master's Degree	$54,337	+$20,278	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Nutrition Sciences	Master's Degree	$65,013	+$30,954	clears the bar	$75,336	2.4 yrs	5
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$203,447	+$169,388	clears the bar	$90,800	0.5 yrs	4
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$57,477	+$23,418	clears the bar	$13,999	0.6 yrs	insufficient data
Public Health	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$77,776	+$43,717	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	744
Behavioral Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	490
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Behavioral Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Behavioral Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Education, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Pharmacy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Statistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Communications and Media	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Political Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Anthropology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Natural Resources and Conservation	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Economics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geography and Cartography	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Nutrition Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
International/Globalization Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Archeology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Neuroscience	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Religion/Religious Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Philosophy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
History	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Interdisciplinary Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Public Policy Analysis	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Sociology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Medical Laboratory Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Geology and Earth Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Materials Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4

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 ($34,059/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.