Bachelor's · Indiana, Pennsylvania
Is Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at Indiana University of Pennsylvania 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 5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $60,559
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $74k (likely $74k – $97k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $22k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5 years (likely 3.1–9.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$45k (likely −$166k – $90k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $205k (likely −$33k – $481k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$79,646
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Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at other schools in Pennsylvania
- 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
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania$60,075
- Pennsylvania Western University$57,549
- University of Pittsburgh-Bradford$57,456
- University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown$57,456
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus$57,456
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania$56,402