Utah State University

Logan, Utah · Public

Of 80 assessed programs, 76 leave graduates out-earning a typical Utah high-school graduate (about $38,556/yr) and 4 fall short. Another 246 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$12,057
$30k to $48k	$12,803
$48k to $75k	$13,521
$75k to $110k	$16,094
$110k and up	$19,169
All families (average)	$14,936

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.

80 of 326 programs could be assessed 25% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Utah high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	$44,401	+$5,845	clears the bar	$9,775	1.7 yrs	815
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$85,136	+$46,580	clears the bar	$13,245	0.3 yrs	393
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$57,140	+$18,584	clears the bar	$12,647	0.7 yrs	332
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$51,874	+$13,318	clears the bar	$15,750	1.2 yrs	184
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$51,111	+$12,555	clears the bar	$17,976	1.4 yrs	171
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$58,711	+$20,155	clears the bar	$18,750	0.9 yrs	170
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$53,822	+$15,266	clears the bar	$14,753	1.0 yrs	134
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$112,070	+$73,514	clears the bar	$30,700	0.4 yrs	134
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$89,901	+$51,345	clears the bar	$13,102	0.3 yrs	128
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$110,414	+$71,858	clears the bar	$16,500	0.2 yrs	127
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$35,341	-$3,215	falls short	$16,460	insufficient data	127
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$84,633	+$46,077	clears the bar	$9,720	0.2 yrs	114
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$79,875	+$41,319	clears the bar	$14,000	0.3 yrs	112
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$55,716	+$17,160	clears the bar	$16,125	0.9 yrs	109
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$87,050	+$48,494	clears the bar	$11,000	0.2 yrs	109
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$87,905	+$49,349	clears the bar	$13,750	0.3 yrs	106
Psychology	Master's Degree	$69,115	+$30,559	clears the bar	$20,934	0.7 yrs	97
Engineering-Related Fields	Bachelor's Degree	$66,613	+$28,057	clears the bar	$13,750	0.5 yrs	94
English	Bachelor's Degree	$50,708	+$12,152	clears the bar	$17,000	1.4 yrs	86
Nursing	Associate's Degree	$72,628	+$34,072	clears the bar	$13,135	0.4 yrs	83
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$74,535	+$35,979	clears the bar	$11,250	0.3 yrs	80
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$49,861	+$11,305	clears the bar	$15,666	1.4 yrs	72
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$39,041	+$485	clears the bar	$15,549	32.1 yrs	64
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$58,672	+$20,116	clears the bar	$13,960	0.7 yrs	64
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$47,699	+$9,143	clears the bar	$15,500	1.7 yrs	64
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$61,724	+$23,168	clears the bar	$16,932	0.7 yrs	61
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$48,180	+$9,624	clears the bar	$17,125	1.8 yrs	61
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$43,313	+$4,757	clears the bar	$18,000	3.8 yrs	59
Human Resources	Master's Degree	$116,772	+$78,216	clears the bar	$38,120	0.5 yrs	53
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$45,568 1-year earnings	+$7,012	clears the bar	$11,711	1.7 yrs	52
Air Transportation	Bachelor's Degree	$103,989	+$65,433	clears the bar	$25,000	0.4 yrs	51
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$65,486 1-year earnings	+$26,930	clears the bar	$14,686	0.5 yrs	49
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$85,815	+$47,259	clears the bar	$15,500	0.3 yrs	46
Mechanics and Repairers, General	Associate's Degree	$66,300	+$27,744	clears the bar	$8,875	0.3 yrs	45
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$45,120	+$6,564	clears the bar	$19,133	2.9 yrs	43
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$70,711	+$32,155	clears the bar	$18,241	0.6 yrs	41
Practical and Vocational Nursing	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$65,825	+$27,269	clears the bar	$9,906	0.4 yrs	41
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$86,107	+$47,551	clears the bar	$23,965	0.5 yrs	39
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$78,061	+$39,505	clears the bar	$12,000	0.3 yrs	39
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,576	+$56,020	clears the bar	$13,887	0.2 yrs	38
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$54,756	+$16,200	clears the bar	$23,250	1.4 yrs	37
Accounting	Master's Degree	$92,333	+$53,777	clears the bar	$19,269	0.4 yrs	35
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$78,233	+$39,677	clears the bar	$12,946	0.3 yrs	33
Apparel and Textiles	Bachelor's Degree	$74,686	+$36,130	clears the bar	$16,125	0.4 yrs	33
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$42,236 1-year earnings	+$3,680	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Social Work	Master's Degree	$66,536	+$27,980	clears the bar	$20,500	0.7 yrs	33
History	Bachelor's Degree	$54,370	+$15,814	clears the bar	$20,484	1.3 yrs	33
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$90,415	+$51,859	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$65,286 1-year earnings	+$26,730	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Agricultural Business and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$57,744	+$19,188	clears the bar	$11,000	0.6 yrs	30
Plant Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$28,091 1-year earnings	-$10,465	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	$77,930	+$39,374	clears the bar	$12,000	0.3 yrs	27
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$38,051	-$505	falls short	$17,500	insufficient data	26
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$53,200	+$14,644	clears the bar	$13,000	0.9 yrs	25
Sustainability Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$39,679 1-year earnings	+$1,123	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	$86,262	+$47,706	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$30,249 1-year earnings	-$8,307	falls short	$19,500	insufficient data	22
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$49,758	+$11,202	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$57,992	+$19,436	clears the bar	$15,000	0.8 yrs	21
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$40,338	+$1,782	clears the bar	$16,250	9.1 yrs	21
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$61,674	+$23,118	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$111,527	+$72,971	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$107,544	+$68,988	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$86,956 1-year earnings	+$48,400	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$93,161	+$54,605	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$83,992	+$45,436	clears the bar	$14,864	0.3 yrs	14
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	$96,401 1-year earnings	+$57,845	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Agricultural Production Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$61,639	+$23,083	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$44,898	+$6,342	clears the bar	$11,610	1.8 yrs	10
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$93,461	+$54,905	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Environmental Design	Bachelor's Degree	$50,685	+$12,129	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$70,374	+$31,818	clears the bar	$12,000	0.4 yrs	3
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Master's Degree	$76,391	+$37,835	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$48,270	+$9,714	clears the bar	$9,091	0.9 yrs	2
Landscape Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$64,621	+$26,065	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$88,289	+$49,733	clears the bar	$13,500	0.3 yrs	0
Information Science	Master's Degree	$111,384	+$72,828	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$39,091	+$535	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$64,175	+$25,619	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$60,940	+$22,384	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	156
Commercial Driving	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	97
Agriculture, General	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$12,000	insufficient data	60
Computer Software and Media Applications	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	43
Criminal Justice	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Political Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Auto Repair Technology	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Interior Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Cosmetology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Medical Assisting	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Civil 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	11
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Medical Laboratory Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Plant Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Precision Metalworking	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Computer Software and Media Applications	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Forestry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Special Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Cosmetology	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Human Development and Family Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Nutrition Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Auto Repair Technology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Precision Metalworking	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Agricultural Public Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Nutrition Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
International Relations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Natural Resources and Conservation	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Special Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Religion/Religious Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Agricultural Mechanization	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Animal Sciences	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 ($38,556/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.