CIP 4509 · Bachelor's Degree · Eastern Washington University

International Relations and National Security Studies at Eastern Washington University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Eastern Washington University. 13 completers in the most recent 4-year window (12 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $54,792.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$54,792
Washington CIP-4 median $68,710
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$48,551
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
13
12 most recent year
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 · 20142016$14,832
$19,500$14,83220142016
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201913
241220142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142016-24%

International Relations and National Security Studies at Eastern Washington University · debt_median fell

19,500 → 14,832

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
$173,329
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 14year 0year 39
Cost per year
$12,004
HS-only baseline · WA
$41,200
Years to complete
4
CIP family
45

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 4509

International Relations and National Security Studies across Washington institutions

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

Gonzaga UniversityPEER$68,71019 gradsUniversity of Puget SoundPEER$65,40314 grads
Eastern Washington UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$54,79213 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 →