Bachelor's · Ada, Oklahoma
Is Biology, General at East Central University 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 4.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,122
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $52,765
- 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
- $37k (likely $37k – $51k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $17k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OK
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.1 years (likely 2.6–6.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$36k (likely −$127k – $67k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $184k (likely $5k – $410k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 28%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Biology, General at other schools in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State University-Main Campus$59,081
- Rogers State University$54,227
- Northeastern State University$53,387
- University of Central Oklahoma$50,748
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- Southeastern Oklahoma State University$45,800
- Cameron University$34,533
- Oral Roberts University$33,534
- University of Tulsa$31,872