Bachelor's · Denver, Colorado
Is Sociology at University of Denver worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $45,922
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $136k (likely $136k – $144k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$319k (likely −$432k – −$197k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$280k (likely −$500k – −$36k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 74%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at University of Denver
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$141,132
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$133,993
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$121,993
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$120,934
- Taxation (Master's)$114,544
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$108,267
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$107,540
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$105,701
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$105,291
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$104,087
- Real Estate (Master's)$103,304
- Law (First professional)$103,145
Sociology at other schools in Colorado
- University of Colorado Boulder$58,026
- Western Colorado University$57,359
- Colorado State University-Fort Collins$57,300
- Colorado College$56,649
- Metropolitan State University of Denver$52,414
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus$49,619
- Colorado State University Pueblo$48,962
- University of Northern Colorado$48,154
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs$46,444
- Fort Lewis College$43,544