CIP 2401 · Bachelor's Degree · The Evergreen State College

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at The Evergreen State College

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of The Evergreen State College. 541 completers in the most recent 4-year window (628 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $41,864.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$41,864
Washington CIP-4 median $46,521
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$34,150
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$18,458
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
541
628 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 The Evergreen State College

5.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $18,458 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $41,864.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

5.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Washington CIP 2401 peer-median earnings $46,521.

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$18,458
$18,458$16,77020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019541
84554120142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
ANNUAL COMPLETERS · 20142019-30%

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at The Evergreen State College · annual completers fell

845 → 541

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
-$63,058
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$24,430
HS-only baseline · WA
$41,200
Years to complete
4
CIP family
24

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 2401

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities across Washington institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Washington 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 →