Bachelor's · Willimantic, Connecticut
Is Sociology 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,343
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,167
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,625
- 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
- $18k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.5 years (likely 5.5–11.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$115k (likely −$198k – −$34k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $120k (likely −$50k – $310k)
- 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
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Eastern Connecticut State University
- 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
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$62,726
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$61,908
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$61,190
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$55,574
- 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
Sociology at other schools in Connecticut
- Quinnipiac University$67,262
- Connecticut College$63,777
- University of Connecticut$59,684
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$59,684
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$59,684
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$59,684
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$59,684
- Central Connecticut State University$56,463
- Sacred Heart University$54,183
- Southern Connecticut State University$52,249