4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$60,234
Program median
Program + credential
Education, General.: Doctoral Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$60,287
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$23,307
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
25,002
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alverno College Milwaukee, WI | Private nonprofit | $22,540 | 49.2% | Available |
| American International College Springfield, MA | Private nonprofit | $23,274 | 45.9% | Available |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ | Public | Not available | 0% | Available |
| Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA | Private nonprofit | $22,212 | 61.8% | Available |
| Baker University Baldwin City, KS | Private nonprofit | $25,301 | 57.8% | Available |
| Binghamton University Vestal, NY | Public | $21,620 | 81.6% | Available |
| Boston University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $24,402 | 88.7% | Available |
| Brown University Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $25,184 | 95.7% | Available |
| Bryan College of Health Sciences Lincoln, NE | Private nonprofit | $26,919 | 70% | Available |
| Capella University Minneapolis, MN | Private for-profit | $17,956 | 20% | Available |
| Clark University Worcester, MA | Private nonprofit | $28,714 | 76.9% | Available |
| Clemson University Clemson, SC | Public | $22,253 | 86.6% | Available |
| Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH | Public | $14,764 | 50.6% | Available |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $21,590 | 96.1% | Available |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,690 | 95.4% | Available |
| Delta State University Cleveland, MS | Public | $13,540 | 48.1% | Available |
| Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $38,509 | 78.2% | Available |
| Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI | Public | $15,407 | 46.4% | Available |
| Emory University Atlanta, GA | Private nonprofit | $22,585 | 91.1% | Available |
| Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL | Public | $12,568 | 57.4% | Available |
| Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL | Private nonprofit | $28,551 | 70.6% | Available |
| George Mason University Fairfax, VA | Public | $17,915 | 67.8% | Available |
| George Washington University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $36,586 | 84% | Available |
| Georgia State University Atlanta, GA | Public | $15,931 | 53.1% | Available |
| Hamline University Saint Paul, MN | Private nonprofit | $20,744 | 60.5% | Available |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $19,066 | 97.6% | Available |
| Hofstra University Hempstead, NY | Private nonprofit | $34,176 | 68.5% | Available |
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | Public | $18,589 | 75.3% | Available |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private nonprofit | $18,809 | 93.8% | Available |
| La Sierra University Riverside, CA | Private nonprofit | $45,566 | 59.7% | Available |
| Lesley University Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $31,152 | 58% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| Marshall University Huntington, WV | Public | $7,502 | 51.2% | Available |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | Public | $17,595 | 66.7% | Available |
| Montana State University Bozeman, MT | Public | $22,499 | 57.1% | Available |
| Montclair State University Montclair, NJ | Public | $15,566 | 64.7% | Available |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM | Public | $8,889 | 55.2% | Available |
| Northcentral University San Diego, CA | Private nonprofit | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL | Private nonprofit | $30,371 | 63.3% | Available |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | Public | $17,339 | 87.7% | Available |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK | Public | $17,447 | 68.2% | Available |
| Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | Public | $19,604 | 70.1% | Available |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR | Public | $18,048 | 55.6% | Available |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | Public | $14,600 | 83.1% | Available |
| Rhode Island College Providence, RI | Public | $9,478 | 48.1% | Available |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | $24,406 | 83.6% | Available |
| Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT | Private nonprofit | $46,174 | 73.5% | Available |
| Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $24,398 | 79.5% | Available |
| San Diego State University San Diego, CA | Public | $15,364 | 76.4% | Available |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | Public | $12,278 | 50.4% | Available |
| Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA | Private nonprofit | $24,488 | 62% | Available |
| Southwest Baptist University Bolivar, MO | Private nonprofit | $21,677 | 55.3% | Available |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | Private nonprofit | $13,807 | 91.9% | Available |
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $28,198 | 75.1% | Available |
| The Catholic University of America Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $29,561 | 79.5% | Available |
| The University of Findlay Findlay, OH | Private nonprofit | $27,221 | 57.9% | Available |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | Public | $18,976 | 73.9% | Available |
| Touro University Nevada Henderson, NV | Private nonprofit | Not available | Not available | Available |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | $16,674 | 67.5% | Available |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $13,481 | 92.8% | Available |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | Public | $14,251 | 86.9% | Available |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Public | $12,548 | 92.6% | Available |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA | Public | $14,304 | 76% | Available |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | Public | $12,470 | 86.1% | Available |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | Public | $16,109 | 83% | Available |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | Public | $17,890 | 75.1% | Available |
| University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | Public | $10,411 | 78% | Available |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | Public | $25,346 | 74.2% | Available |
| University of Delaware Newark, DE | Public | $17,799 | 80.6% | Available |
| University of Denver Denver, CO | Private nonprofit | $36,131 | 75.6% | Available |
| University of Georgia Athens, GA | Public | $13,936 | 89.7% | Available |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI | Public | $15,664 | 64.3% | Available |
| University of Idaho Moscow, ID | Public | $14,831 | 57.3% | Available |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | Public | $14,355 | 85.1% | Available |
| University of Maine Orono, ME | Public | $17,510 | 54.9% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | $22,383 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA | Public | $17,707 | 49.4% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA | Public | $17,163 | 64.8% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $13,138 | 93.2% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI | Public | $9,492 | 58% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI | Public | $7,007 | 40.3% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN | Public | $18,743 | 64.7% | Available |
| University of Mississippi University, MS | Public | $13,314 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO | Public | $13,310 | 55.5% | Available |
| University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO | Public | $15,071 | 56.6% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | Public | $10,359 | 50.5% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV | Public | $15,927 | 61.2% | Available |
| University of New England Biddeford, ME | Private nonprofit | $38,107 | 68.4% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Public | $11,655 | 91.2% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | Public | $10,965 | 56.3% | Available |
| University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND | Public | $18,551 | 60.5% | Available |
| University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA | Public | $15,901 | 67.9% | Available |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,699 | 96.5% | Available |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | Public | $30,434 | 85.5% | Available |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | Public | $21,440 | 73.3% | Available |
| University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private nonprofit | $29,278 | 85.4% | Available |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC | Public | $22,811 | 78.8% | Available |
| University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS | Public | $21,708 | 49.1% | Available |
| University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX | Private nonprofit | $22,775 | 51% | Available |
| University of the Pacific Stockton, CA | Private nonprofit | $25,447 | 69.1% | Available |
| University of the Southwest Hobbs, NM | Private nonprofit | $16,927 | 17% | Available |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | Public | $21,565 | 95.6% | Available |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | Public | $14,091 | 85.2% | Available |
| University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA | Public | $10,163 | 63.2% | Available |
| University of Wyoming Laramie, WY | Public | $13,599 | 58.8% | Available |
| Utah State University Logan, UT | Public | $14,936 | 59.1% | Available |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA | Public | $23,433 | 63.2% | Available |
| Walden University Minneapolis, MN | Private for-profit | $33,817 | Not available | Available |
| Washington State University Pullman, WA | Public | $14,971 | 60.5% | Available |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $21,786 | 94.3% | Available |
| West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | Public | $15,634 | 64.7% | Available |
| Widener University Chester, PA | Private nonprofit | $25,759 | 68.3% | Available |
| Winona State University Winona, MN | Public | $17,503 | 56.9% | Available |