CIP 3017 · Bachelor's Degree · Wilmington University

Behavioral Sciences at Wilmington University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Wilmington University. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $47,695.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$47,695
Statewide peers reporting · 0
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$43,432
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$21,880
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Wilmington University

6.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $21,880 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $47,695.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$21,880
$22,912$21,87520142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142017198
21919820142017
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$116,794
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 21
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 21year 0year 39
Cost per year
$16,306
HS-only baseline · DE
$38,900
Years to complete
4
CIP family
30

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →