Bachelor's degree · Psychology · CIP 42.27
Research and Experimental Psychology: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 208 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Research and Experimental Psychology, together awarding 19,130 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $39,719 one year after finishing and $59,452 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $20,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 54 of 196; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Research and Experimental Psychology
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 966 | $36,942 | $68,481 | $11,699 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 722 | $37,965 | n/a | $19,500 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 712 | $37,015 | $71,194 | $19,500 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 666 | $39,116 | $71,815 | $10,000 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 637 | $37,249 | $67,256 | $17,000 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 599 | $31,960 | $58,186 | $15,000 |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 555 | $40,803 | $72,947 | $18,500 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 551 | $34,282 | $60,543 | $12,394 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 533 | $44,392 | $61,485 | $13,806 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 524 | $38,331 | n/a | $23,750 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 484 | $41,235 | n/a | $19,650 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 425 | $32,324 | $78,472 | $14,294 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia · Public | SC | 391 | $33,075 | $54,511 | $21,500 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 375 | $35,116 | $54,540 | $18,812 |
| University of Oregon Eugene · Public | OR | 365 | n/a | $65,527 | $20,500 |
| University of California-Merced Merced · Public | CA | 364 | $37,877 | n/a | $11,100 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 362 | $36,137 | n/a | $19,500 |
| American Public University System Charles Town · Private for-profit | WV | 359 | n/a | n/a | $17,390 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 359 | $43,881 | $73,891 | $11,065 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 341 | $36,600 | n/a | $18,389 |
| University of North Florida Jacksonville · Public | FL | 331 | $35,487 | $49,701 | $16,743 |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 322 | n/a | n/a | $8,250 |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver · Public | CO | 280 | $45,161 | $49,539 | $26,750 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee · Public | WI | 266 | n/a | n/a | $25,814 |
| University of Delaware Newark · Public | DE | 223 | $36,606 | $64,770 | $24,744 |
| Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans · Private nonprofit | LA | 198 | n/a | n/a | $18,775 |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis · Private nonprofit | MO | 182 | $41,685 | n/a | $17,073 |
| University of Rochester Rochester · Private nonprofit | NY | 177 | $42,008 | $78,471 | $19,000 |
| Northeastern University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 164 | $49,000 | $72,878 | $20,735 |
| Northeastern State University Tahlequah · Public | OK | 157 | $37,645 | n/a | $23,125 |
| University of North Georgia Dahlonega · Public | GA | 155 | $34,009 | $52,056 | $18,500 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 153 | $57,188 | $91,219 | $31,117 |
| Sacred Heart University Fairfield · Private nonprofit | CT | 136 | n/a | n/a | $25,000 |
| Duke University Durham · Private nonprofit | NC | 129 | $52,659 | n/a | $10,500 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 116 | $36,350 | n/a | $18,952 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 113 | $40,342 | $71,927 | $14,500 |
| Park University Parkville · Private nonprofit | MO | 111 | $45,594 | $52,682 | $24,125 |
| Barnard College New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 110 | $42,879 | n/a | $12,000 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 108 | $39,719 | $56,739 | $19,500 |
| Pennsylvania Western University California · Public | PA | 107 | $34,149 | $43,720 | $27,000 |
| University of Chicago Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 103 | $51,811 | $70,108 | n/a |
| Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton · Public | FL | 99 | $31,302 | $60,854 | $15,397 |
| Brandeis University Waltham · Private nonprofit | MA | 94 | $45,374 | $81,272 | $17,785 |
| Georgia College & State University Milledgeville · Public | GA | 94 | $36,887 | $53,404 | $23,250 |
| Skidmore College Saratoga Springs · Private nonprofit | NY | 94 | n/a | n/a | $24,250 |
| Pace University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 92 | $38,728 | n/a | $25,000 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson · Public | TX | 92 | $38,149 | $57,329 | $19,750 |
| Tufts University Medford · Private nonprofit | MA | 92 | $49,784 | $79,349 | $17,250 |
| Kansas State University Manhattan · Public | KS | 91 | $37,868 | $56,349 | $19,031 |
| Brown University Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 84 | $49,920 | $87,208 | $9,988 |
Quick facts: Research and Experimental Psychology
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Research and Experimental Psychology?
- The College Scorecard lists 208 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Research and Experimental Psychology.
- How much do Research and Experimental Psychology graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $39,719 one year after graduation (103 institutions reporting) and $59,452 five years after graduation (68 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Research and Experimental Psychology graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Harvard University ($120,527), Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus ($92,914), Columbia University in the City of New York ($91,219), Brown University ($87,208), and Brandeis University ($81,272).
- How much student debt do Research and Experimental Psychology graduates have?
- The median institution's Research and Experimental Psychology graduates leave with $20,500 in federal student loans (123 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Research and Experimental Psychology degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of California-Davis (966), Ohio State University-Main Campus (722), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (712), University of California-Santa Barbara (666), and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (637).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Research and Experimental Psychology (CIP code 42.27), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.