Bachelor's · Baltimore, Maryland

Is Psychology, General at University of Maryland-Baltimore County worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 9.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $42,551; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $58,044; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $16,681; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $107k (likely $107k – $144k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $18k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 9.1 years (likely 7.7–11.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$142k (likely −$228k – −$100k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $83k (likely −$29k – $207k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 68%; 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 / ≤ 5%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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AP classes

AP Psychology
AP English Language and Composition
AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

Psychology HL
Language A HL

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Other majors at University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Psychology, General at other schools in Maryland

Hood College$65,110
St. Mary's College of Maryland$61,214
McDaniel College$60,264
Loyola University Maryland$59,905
University of Maryland Global Campus$58,439
University of Maryland-College Park$57,575
Stevenson University$57,285
Morgan State University$56,741
Towson University$55,497
Bowie State University$54,082