CIP 4201 · Bachelor's Degree · Wright State University-Main Campus

Psychology, General at Wright State University-Main Campus

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Wright State University-Main Campus. 145 completers in the most recent 4-year window (157 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $47,398.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$47,398
Ohio CIP-4 median $47,168
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$39,056
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$25,000
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
145
157 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 Wright State University-Main Campus

7.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $25,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $47,398.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

7.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Ohio CIP 4201 peer-median earnings $47,168.

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$25,000
$25,250$21,83220142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019145
17514520142019
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
$107,519
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 19
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 19year 0year 39
Cost per year
$15,828
HS-only baseline · OH
$36,400
Years to complete
4
CIP family
42

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 4201

Psychology, General across Ohio institutions

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

University of DaytonPEER$57,08085 gradsXavier UniversityPEER$55,21248 gradsWalsh UniversityPEER$54,66833 gradsMiami University-OxfordPEER$54,542246 gradsShawnee State UniversityPEER$53,07622 gradsCase Western Reserve UniversityPEER$52,55263 gradsOhio StatePEER$51,498635 gradsDenison UniversityPEER$51,3830 gradsJohn Carroll UniversityPEER$51,17649 gradsFranciscan University of SteubenvillePEER$50,29734 gradsWittenberg UniversityPEER$50,00415 gradsUniversity of Mount UnionPEER$49,45123 gradsCedarville UniversityPEER$48,99321 gradsCincinnatiPEER$48,595254 gradsOhio University-Main CampusPEER$48,047232 gradsCapital UniversityPEER$47,96526 gradsOtterbein UniversityPEER$47,61528 grads
Wright State University-Main CampusTHIS PROGRAM$47,398145 grads
Ashland UniversityPEER$47,16817 gradsHiram CollegePEER$46,73311 gradsBaldwin Wallace UniversityPEER$46,02742 gradsLourdes UniversityPEER$45,12110 gradsHeidelberg UniversityPEER$44,95315 gradsMuskingum UniversityPEER$44,23325 gradsYoungstown State UniversityPEER$44,15985 gradsMalone UniversityPEER$43,97612 gradsBowling Green State University-Main CampusPEER$43,719127 gradsUniversity of ToledoPEER$43,48379 gradsUniversity of Akron Main CampusPEER$43,117107 gradsOberlinPEER$43,09345 gradsWilmington CollegePEER$42,81610 gradsCleveland State UniversityPEER$41,670224 gradsThe College of WoosterPEER$41,52128 gradsKent State University at KentPEER$40,904335 gradsNotre Dame CollegePEER$39,93623 gradsCentral State UniversityPEER$36,85726 gradsOhio Christian UniversityPEER$35,60148 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 →