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Education, General (Doctoral): earnings by school

41 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$87,726
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$95,602
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$59,824
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 35 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $87,356 and $107,723. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of California-San Diego CA$123,657$131,358$46,625
University of California-Berkeley CA—$130,547—
Harvard University MA$148,905$125,405—
Stanford University CA—$125,390—
Claremont Graduate University CA$106,455$118,397$84,957
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$102,582$118,149—
Azusa Pacific University CA$138,245$113,252$70,114
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$68,817$110,816$38,535
University of Pennsylvania PA$108,296——
Lesley University MA$89,532$107,723$61,500
George Mason University VA$96,011$105,869$47,151
University of California-Riverside CA$78,491$105,195—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$88,709$103,220—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$101,186—$46,500
University of California-Irvine CA—$98,554—
University of California-Los Angeles CA$81,146$96,245$28,695
Capella University MN—$96,095—
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$87,726$95,708—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$103,230$95,602$59,824
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$103,230$95,602$59,824
University of the Incarnate Word TX—$95,483$176,116
Walden University MN$86,090$94,881$134,639
University of Mississippi MS$88,717$94,295$44,596
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC—$91,430—
Liberty University VA$90,299—$71,100
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$81,385$89,989—
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$99,928$89,240—
University of Wyoming WY—$89,142—
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$99,785$88,543—
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK$75,380$87,356—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$76,360$87,043$38,500
University of Missouri-St Louis MO$76,184$85,991$61,500
University of Georgia GA$85,283——
University of Nevada-Reno NV$83,586——
Nova Southeastern University FL$69,483$81,299$149,466
University of Central Florida FL$78,619$81,030$46,901
Northcentral University CA$82,387$80,493$65,162
Southwest Baptist University MO—$80,017—
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$75,907$77,153—
University of Southern Mississippi MS$77,892$74,802$59,550
Cleveland State University OH$69,651——