Bachelor's · Ada, Oklahoma
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities 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 5.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,457
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $15,375
- 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
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OK
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.2 years (likely 2.7–15.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$97k (likely −$188k – $6k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $17k (likely −$153k – $229k)
- 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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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$78,578
- Psychology, Other (Master's)$71,570
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$69,951
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$67,666
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$66,711
- Human Services, General (Master's)$61,077
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$59,384
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$57,445
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$55,007
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$53,243
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$52,488
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$51,120
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Oklahoma
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus$65,474
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University$52,418
- Oklahoma State University-Main Campus$52,152
- University of Central Oklahoma$49,383
- Cameron University$47,675
- Southern Nazarene University$44,294
- Northwestern Oklahoma State University$44,123
- Northeastern State University$41,705
- Randall University$41,315
- Langston University$39,408