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Bachelor's · Addison, Texas

Is Psychology, General at Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
$43,399
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$55,537
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$25,654
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$71k (likely $71k – $99k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$19k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
6.5 years (likely 4.6–9.5)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$80k (likely −$166k – $8k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$163k (likely −$2k – $345k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
0%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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AP classes

  • AP Psychology
  • AP English Language and Composition
  • AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

  • Psychology HL
  • Language A HL

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