CIP 4407 · Master's Degree · Indiana University-Indianapolis

Social Work at Indiana University-Indianapolis

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Indiana University-Indianapolis. 407 completers in the most recent 4-year window (425 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $59,572.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$59,572
Indiana CIP-4 median $61,906
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$53,987
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$39,728
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
407
425 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 Indiana University-Indianapolis

8.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $39,728 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $59,572.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

8.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Indiana CIP 4407 peer-median earnings $61,906.

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$39,728
$41,000$39,38420142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019407
42527420142019
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
$309,964
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 13
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 13year 0year 39
Cost per year
$11,445
HS-only baseline · IN
$36,400
Years to complete
6
CIP family
44

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 4407

Social Work across Indiana institutions

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

Indiana University-South BendPEER$61,906Indiana University-NorthwestPEER$60,585
Indiana University-IndianapolisTHIS PROGRAM$59,572407 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 →