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University of Chicago: cost, debt and earnings by major
40 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $16,776
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 95%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 4%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 7,569
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $12,000
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- ≤ 2%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $394 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $1,148 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $2,800 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $7,744 |
| $110,000+ | $49,769 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (19)
- Computer Science$178,068
- Mathematics$172,826
- Economics$159,578
- Statistics$130,189
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$96,510
- Public Policy Analysis$94,237
- Political Science and Government$87,869
- English Language and Literature, General$78,169
- Chemical Engineering$74,388 (1 yr)
- Research and Experimental Psychology$73,483
- Philosophy$71,709
- History$64,330
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$59,898
- Biology, General$59,794
- Sociology$49,650 (1 yr)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$47,906 (1 yr)
- Anthropology$47,305 (1 yr)
- Physics$46,218 (1 yr)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences$45,052 (1 yr)
Master's programs (16)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations$243,256
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$204,727 (1 yr)
- Computer Programming$179,964
- Computer Science$169,765
- Statistics$161,842
- Criminal Justice and Corrections$128,337
- Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology$126,821
- Public Policy Analysis$112,727
- Applied Mathematics$88,254 (1 yr)
- International Relations and National Security Studies$83,492
- Social Sciences, General$74,690
- Social Work$71,980
- Area Studies$70,631
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$69,033
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$60,106
- Theological and Ministerial Studies$53,796
Doctoral programs (3)
- Theological and Ministerial Studies$83,657
- Chemistry$80,344 (1 yr)
- History$71,260