10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
+$117,920at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · 49 field-and-degree records
Earnings reported for 46 · Federal debt reported for 26
Based onObserved earnings + college priceEstimate10-year payoff
Estimated 10-year payoff
Positive payoff
+$117,920 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
7.0 yrsTime to earn back the modeled cost
+44%Estimated return after 10 years
$83,826Observed earnings · year 5
$52,065Highest annual price before payoff reaches $0
The price benchmark is $29,480 per year below this threshold.
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What do you want to understand?
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
PUBLISHED STUDENT BUDGET · 2024–25
What makes up the annual price?
Sticker-price components reported to IPEDS. Grants and scholarships are not subtracted here.
Living off campus: $20,220 housing and food allowance plus $2,652 in other expenses.
Do not confuse this with net price. Net price subtracts average grants and scholarships. DegreeVerdict continues to use the separately labeled average net price in its standard college ROI scenario.
PRICE SENSITIVITY
The price can change the verdict.
Hold observed earnings constant and see how the modeled ten-year payoff changes as annual price rises.
← Negative payoff$0Positive payoff →
$0Annual price+$208,260
$16,000Annual price+$144,260
$23,000Current college-wide context+$116,260
$32,000Annual price+$80,260
$48,000Annual price+$16,260
$64,000Annual price−$47,740
$80,000Annual price−$111,740
HOW STUDENTS ATTEND · 2023-24
Online study is a meaningful part of the student experience.
IPEDS enrollment counts show course delivery across the whole institution. They do not indicate whether a specific degree can be completed online.
Institution-level attendance context from IPEDS. Program delivery is reported separately on degree pages and in the program directory. These figures do not enter ROI.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
DUAL-ENROLLMENT CONTEXT · 2024
28 high-school students took college courses.
IPEDS counts students enrolled in college credit while still in high school. A large dual-enrollment population can shape headline enrollment figures, especially at community colleges.
This is participation, not a college completion rate. It does not indicate how many students later enrolled after high school, earned a credential or entered the workforce.
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024
Prices in Georgia run 4% below the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
$22,585Average net price / year
$83,622Cost of attendance
$18,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$193/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$83,826Median earnings · year 5 after completion
91.1%Completion rate
10.7%Admission rate
1,520Average SAT score
33ACT midpoint
7,298Student size
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about Emory University
What does Emory University cost?
Emory University reports an average annual net price of $22,585 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.
What do Emory University graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $83,826 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do Emory University graduates have?
Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $18,250. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
Is every degree at Emory University worth the same?
No. The current release contains 49 field-and-degree records for Emory University; 46 report year-4 earnings and 26 report federal debt. Outcomes can differ substantially by field and degree level.
DEBT AFTER COLLEGE
Are borrowers making progress?
Repayment progress, default and debt at exit describe different federal borrower cohorts. They are shown separately and do not change the ROI estimate.
Source: College Scorecard. Repayment progress is the share of borrowers who reduced principal by at least $1 at the stated measurement point. Debt covers federal student loans; Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded. Cohorts and reporting periods differ across measures.
Who studied here during the year
16,521Students enrolled at any point
7,935Undergraduate students
8,586Graduate students
Unduplicated students enrolled at any point from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This full-year measure is different from a fall headcount and does not enter ROI.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Complete within 150% of the expected time
94% received a Pell Grant within eight yearsMedian Parent PLUS debt
277 parent borrowers in the reported cohortMedian federal student debt
75% making progress in repayment after three yearsStudent family incomeMedian earnings after 10 yearsObserved federal cohorts
Lower income$79,774Earnings are not a guarantee
Middle income$76,412Earnings are not a guarantee
Higher income$82,640Earnings are not a guarantee
Three-year repayment progress
Lower income73%
Middle income78%
Higher income85%
Undergraduate student composition
White30%
Black10%
Hispanic12%
Asian25%
Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use every reportable field-and-credential record at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS OVER TIME
What graduates earned in later years
$61,856Year 1
$90,139Year 4
$83,826Year 5
Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Your choice of degree can change the payoff.
Graduate earnings differ by field and credential, even within the same college.
1Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies · Master's Degree$247,8372Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Master's Degree$226,1313Business/Commerce, General · Master's Degree$209,1404Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$196,1915Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$159,5416Law · First Professional Degree$152,1267Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$136,7318Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Master's Degree$134,153Observed year-4 earnings · compare the same field and credential across colleges
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · $136,731 reported+100%vs same-degree national median$19,500federal debt2Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree · $196,191 reported+90%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree · $90,025 reported+70%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4AnthropologyBachelor's Degree · $78,768 reported+69%vs same-degree national median$21,515federal debt5Business/Commerce, GeneralMaster's Degree · $209,140 reported+66%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree · $87,254 reported+60%vs same-degree national median$19,883federal debt
Comparable colleges in GA
Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive, not a quality ranking.
Oxford, GA
Emory University-Oxford College
- Annual net price
- $37,920
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $83,826
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +17%
Mercer University
- Annual net price
- $23,847
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $63,074
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -34%
LaGrange College
- Annual net price
- $20,875
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $56,632
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -56%
Piedmont University
- Annual net price
- $20,599
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $55,613
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -60%
Compare fields and degree levels
Showing the 40 highest-earning records from 49 field-and-degree records. Use the program directory to search the complete set.
| Major or field | Degree level | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2024–25 graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies | Master's Degree | $247,837 | Not available | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Master's Degree | $226,131 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business/Commerce, General | Master's Degree | $209,140 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | $196,191 | Not available | Not reported |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $159,541 | $15,250 | Not reported |
| Law | First Professional Degree | $152,126 | Not available | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $136,731 | $19,500 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Master's Degree | $134,153 | Not available | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Doctoral Degree | $130,211 | Not available | 76 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's Degree | $121,958 | Not available | 17 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Master's Degree | $120,576 | Not available | Not reported |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | $119,953 | Not available | 40 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $111,631 | $21,000 | Not reported |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Master's Degree | $108,211 | Not available | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Doctoral Degree | $105,042 | Not available | 69 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $101,903 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Medicine | First Professional Degree | $98,605 | Not available | Not reported |
| Theological and Ministerial Studies | First Professional Degree | $97,227 | Not available | Not reported |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $94,001 | $17,590 | Not reported |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | $93,446 | $20,983 | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $90,025 | Not available | 0 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | $88,896 | Not available | 0 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Master's Degree | $88,235 | Not available | Not reported |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $87,254 | $19,883 | Not reported |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | First Professional Degree | $85,267 | Not available | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $83,279 | Not available | Not reported |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $79,034 | $20,000 | Not reported |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $78,866 | $21,000 | Not reported |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | $78,768 | $21,515 | Not reported |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $78,029 | $19,500 | Not reported |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $76,993 | $19,760 | Not reported |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Doctoral Degree | $76,175 | Not available | 9 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Doctoral Degree | $75,551 | Not available | 5 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $75,205 | $19,500 | 0 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | $74,173 | Not available | Not reported |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | $73,795 | $18,246 | Not reported |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $72,399 | $19,500 | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $70,959 | $19,500 | Not reported |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $69,988 | $21,000 | Not reported |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $66,762 | $21,000 | Not reported |
Graduate counts come from IPEDS and group related majors into the same federal field. Missing earnings or debt values remain labeled as unavailable.
Search every Emory University program record →Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.