Bachelor's · Washington, District of Columbia
Is Accounting and Related Services at The Catholic University of America worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 3.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $78,513
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $123,426
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $138k (likely $138k – $138k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $83k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in DC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.1 years (likely 2.5–3.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $454k (likely $243k – $650k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.44M (likely $967k – $1.89M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 76%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Accounting and Related Services at other schools in District of Columbia
- Georgetown University$141,931
- American University$119,020
- George Washington University$116,795
- Howard University$98,645
- University of the District of Columbia$71,572
- Strayer University-District of Columbia$66,108
- Strayer University-Global Region$66,108