CIP 5206 · Bachelor's Degree · University of North Carolina Wilmington

Business/Managerial Economics at University of North Carolina Wilmington

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of University of North Carolina Wilmington. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $99,380.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$99,380
North Carolina CIP-4 median $80,674
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$85,538
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
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
$1,163,100
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 6year 0year 39
Cost per year
$18,377
HS-only baseline · NC
$35,600
Years to complete
4
CIP family
52

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 5206

Business/Managerial Economics across North Carolina institutions

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

University of North Carolina WilmingtonTHIS PROGRAM$99,380
NC StatePEER$80,67491 gradsUniversity of North Carolina at CharlottePEER$66,92240 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 →