CIP 4201 · Bachelor's Degree · Lebanon Valley College

Psychology, General at Lebanon Valley College

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Lebanon Valley College. 26 completers in the most recent 4-year window (19 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $54,005.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$54,005
Pennsylvania CIP-4 median $50,334
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$46,176
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$27,000
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
26
19 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 Lebanon Valley College

6.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $27,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $54,005.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

7.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Pennsylvania CIP 4201 peer-median earnings $50,334.

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$27,00020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201926
271920142019
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
$158,533
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 17
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 17year 0year 39
Cost per year
$24,785
HS-only baseline · PA
$38,100
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 Pennsylvania institutions

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

Dickinson CollegePEER$76,49745 gradsLehigh UniversityPEER$75,62256 gradsLafayette CollegePEER$74,29043 gradsVillanovaPEER$73,77485 gradsGettysburg CollegePEER$66,4530 gradsSaint Joseph's UniversityPEER$65,65656 gradsPennPEER$65,0130 gradsFranklin and Marshall CollegePEER$64,810Misericordia UniversityPEER$64,22833 gradsDrexelPEER$62,00834 gradsBucknell UniversityPEER$61,40084 gradsMuhlenberg CollegePEER$60,12872 gradsWidener UniversityPEER$59,89337 gradsCarnegie MellonPEER$59,77124 gradsYork College of PennsylvaniaPEER$56,29323 gradsUniversity of ScrantonPEER$56,21429 gradsDuquesne UniversityPEER$56,08065 gradsSaint Francis UniversityPEER$55,28612 gradsPittPEER$55,1690 gradsArcadia UniversityPEER$54,05138 grads
Lebanon Valley CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$54,00526 grads
Washington & Jefferson CollegePEER$53,55226 gradsMoravian UniversityPEER$53,10835 gradsSusquehanna UniversityPEER$53,05341 gradsThomas Jefferson UniversityPEER$52,38825 gradsBryn MawrPEER$52,23428 gradsCabrini UniversityPEER$52,13620 gradsSaint Vincent CollegePEER$52,04228 gradsSeton Hill UniversityPEER$51,91013 gradsAlbright CollegePEER$51,88326 gradsChestnut Hill CollegePEER$50,83225 gradsAllegheny CollegePEER$50,74443 gradsTemplePEER$50,596356 gradsMercyhurst UniversityPEER$50,33415 gradsWilkes UniversityPEER$50,29729 gradsLa Salle UniversityPEER$50,28963 gradsElizabethtown CollegePEER$50,18120 gradsWest Chester University of PennsylvaniaPEER$49,905253 gradsMarywood UniversityPEER$49,32413 gradsUrsinus CollegePEER$48,88634 gradsLycoming CollegePEER$48,23330 gradsMessiah UniversityPEER$48,20526 gradsAlvernia UniversityPEER$47,52518 gradsCedar Crest CollegePEER$47,49917 gradsThiel CollegePEER$47,32413 gradsShippensburg University of PennsylvaniaPEER$46,41071 gradsKutztown University of PennsylvaniaPEER$46,086103 gradsRobert Morris UniversityPEER$45,94434 gradsChatham UniversityPEER$45,36231 gradsJuniata CollegePEER$44,89118 gradsSlippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaPEER$44,69380 gradsNeumann UniversityPEER$44,64013 gradsHoly Family UniversityPEER$44,62439 gradsMillersville University of PennsylvaniaPEER$44,24481 gradsEast Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaPEER$43,98883 gradsEastern UniversityPEER$43,57329 gradsWaynesburg UniversityPEER$43,39817 gradsIndiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusPEER$42,57676 gradsImmaculata UniversityPEER$42,27415 gradsGannon UniversityPEER$42,01620 gradsPoint Park UniversityPEER$41,81329 gradsDeSales UniversityPEER$40,83829 gradsKing's CollegePEER$38,00924 gradsGeneva CollegePEER$36,09710 gradsCarlow UniversityPEER$35,85811 gradsLa Roche UniversityPEER$33,27924 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 →