CIP 4507 · Bachelor's Degree · FSU

Geography and Cartography at FSU

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of FSU. 11 completers in the most recent 4-year window (22 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $47,482.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$47,482
Florida CIP-4 median $59,516
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$42,075
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$26,707
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
11
22 most recent year
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 FSU

7.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $26,707 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $47,482.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

6.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Florida CIP 4507 peer-median earnings $59,516.

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$26,707
$26,707$19,49920142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201911
1711120142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018+29%

Geography and Cartography at FSU · debt_median rose

20,750 → 26,707

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
$152,991
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 14year 0year 39
Cost per year
$11,131
HS-only baseline · FL
$35,400
Years to complete
4
CIP family
45

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

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 4507

Geography and Cartography across Florida institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Florida Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

USFPEER$59,51625 gradsUFPEER$56,17229 grads
FSUTHIS PROGRAM$47,48211 grads
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 →