CIP 3099 · Bachelor's Degree · Portland State University

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at Portland State University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Portland State University. 156 completers in the most recent 4-year window (132 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $57,275.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$57,275
Oregon CIP-4 median $62,136
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$46,317
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$16,476
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
156
132 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 Portland State University

3.8%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $16,476 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $57,275.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

3.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Oregon CIP 3099 peer-median earnings $62,136.

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$16,476
$21,832$16,47620142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019156
1569420142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-25%

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at Portland State University · debt_median fell

21,832 → 16,476

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
$314,492
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 11year 0year 39
Cost per year
$13,162
HS-only baseline · OR
$38,420
Years to complete
4
CIP family
30

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 3099

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other across Oregon institutions

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

Oregon StatePEER$62,136
Portland State UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$57,275156 grads
Western Oregon UniversityPEER$44,645103 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 →