Bachelor's · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Is Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 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 8.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $47,466
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $61,715
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $125k (likely $125k – $143k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.1 years (likely 6.7–10.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$103k (likely −$171k – −$47k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $184k (likely $46k – $327k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 86%
- 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 / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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AP classes
- AP Biology
- AP Environmental Science
- AP Chemistry
- AP Statistics
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- Biology HL
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- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver$81,092
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$81,092
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$81,092
- Lehigh University$72,978
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- University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown$57,456
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- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$56,380