Bachelor's · Notre Dame, Indiana
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at University of Notre Dame 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 6.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $41,373
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,844
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $15,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $107k (likely $107k – $107k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $27k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in IN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.5 years (likely 5.0–9.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$48k (likely −$139k – $49k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $283k (likely $84k – $502k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 95%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at University of Notre Dame
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (First professional)$182,186
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (First professional)$166,604
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$160,313
- Finance and Financial Management Services (First professional)$152,667
- Computational Science (First professional)$145,374
- Applied Mathematics (First professional)$143,935
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$142,970
- Law (First professional)$142,699
- Marketing (First professional)$137,699
- Engineering Science (Master's)$137,274
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$124,557
- Mathematics and Statistics, Other (Bachelor's)$123,663
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Indiana
- University of Indianapolis$64,325
- Valparaiso University$60,612
- Indiana University-East$53,389
- University of Southern Indiana$53,076
- Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion$52,784
- Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global$52,784
- Indiana University-Bloomington$52,020
- Indiana University-Indianapolis$51,718
- Purdue University Northwest$51,349
- Indiana State University$50,968