CIP 2613 · Bachelor's Degree · University of New England

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology at University of New England

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of University of New England. 17 completers in the most recent 4-year window (30 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $38,893.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$38,893
Maine CIP-4 median $39,424
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$39,196
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$27,000
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
17
30 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 University of New England

9.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $27,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $38,893.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

9.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Maine CIP 2613 peer-median earnings $39,424.

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$27,000
$27,000$26,45620142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201917
421720142019
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
-$60,423
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$31,278
HS-only baseline · ME
$36,200
Years to complete
4
CIP family
26

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 2613

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology across Maine institutions

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

Unity Environmental UniversityPEER$39,42412 grads
University of New EnglandTHIS PROGRAM$38,89317 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 →