Bachelor's · Willimantic, Connecticut
Is Biology, General at Eastern Connecticut State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $41,435
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,375
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $87k (likely $87k – $113k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $26k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.9 years (likely 4.4–8.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$44k (likely −$141k – $54k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $285k (likely $83k – $519k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$93,070
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$78,447
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$77,395
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$75,235
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (Bachelor's)$63,566
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$61,908
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$61,190
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$55,574
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$55,084
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$54,479
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$54,217
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$53,673
Biology, General at other schools in Connecticut
- Sacred Heart University$72,404
- University of Connecticut$71,160
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$71,160
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$71,160
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$71,160
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$71,160
- University of New Haven$70,843
- Quinnipiac University$70,632
- Southern Connecticut State University$67,791
- University of Hartford$63,299