CIP 1304 · Doctoral Degree · VCU

Educational Administration and Supervision at VCU

Federal outcomes for doctoral degree graduates of VCU. 26 completers in the most recent 4-year window (30 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $110,326.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$110,326
Virginia CIP-4 median $96,640
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$97,235
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$27,834
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
26
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 VCU

3.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $27,834 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $110,326.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

3.8%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Virginia CIP 1304 peer-median earnings $96,640.

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 · 20162018$27,834
$40,978$27,83420162018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201926
301820142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20162018-32%

Educational Administration and Supervision at VCU · debt_median fell

40,978 → 27,834

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
$746,998
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 11year 0year 39
Cost per year
$16,455
HS-only baseline · VA
$39,800
Years to complete
8
CIP family
13

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 1304

Educational Administration and Supervision across Virginia institutions

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

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 →