CIP 2601 · Bachelor's Degree · King's College

Biology, General at King's College

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of King's College. 21 completers in the most recent 4-year window (13 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $66,341.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$66,341
Pennsylvania CIP-4 median $66,359
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$47,160
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$27,000
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
21
13 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 King's College

5.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $27,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $66,341.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

5.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Pennsylvania CIP 2601 peer-median earnings $66,359.

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$27,000
$27,000$27,00020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201921
291320142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
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
$447,265
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 10year 0year 39
Cost per year
$20,676
HS-only baseline · PA
$38,100
Years to complete
4
CIP family
26

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 2601

Biology, General across Pennsylvania institutions

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

Muhlenberg CollegePEER$84,00830 gradsVillanovaPEER$79,86982 gradsLafayette CollegePEER$78,66928 gradsPennPEER$78,245146 gradsDickinson CollegePEER$77,54525 gradsLehigh UniversityPEER$75,93843 gradsWidener UniversityPEER$75,27624 gradsNeumann UniversityPEER$75,1192 gradsMercyhurst UniversityPEER$74,75933 gradsDrexelPEER$74,257136 gradsTemplePEER$73,979278 gradsDeSales UniversityPEER$73,62430 gradsDuquesne UniversityPEER$72,885110 gradsArcadia UniversityPEER$72,59584 gradsBucknell UniversityPEER$72,19662 gradsChatham UniversityPEER$72,13249 gradsUniversity of ScrantonPEER$70,21062 gradsWilkes UniversityPEER$69,77720 gradsSwarthmorePEER$69,48542 gradsUrsinus CollegePEER$69,21649 gradsMessiah UniversityPEER$68,76023 gradsAllegheny CollegePEER$68,66735 gradsSaint Joseph's UniversityPEER$68,34866 gradsSusquehanna UniversityPEER$68,03056 gradsLa Salle UniversityPEER$67,64332 gradsWest Chester University of PennsylvaniaPEER$67,434134 gradsYork College of PennsylvaniaPEER$66,35938 grads
King's CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$66,34121 grads
Juniata CollegePEER$65,96236 gradsElizabethtown CollegePEER$65,81420 gradsAlbright CollegePEER$65,59121 gradsGeneva CollegePEER$65,4338 gradsGannon UniversityPEER$65,04733 gradsLebanon Valley CollegePEER$64,21717 gradsShippensburg University of PennsylvaniaPEER$64,13250 gradsSaint Vincent CollegePEER$64,10438 gradsLycoming CollegePEER$63,95018 gradsKutztown University of PennsylvaniaPEER$63,67750 gradsSlippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaPEER$63,41153 gradsPittPEER$61,794289 gradsMarywood UniversityPEER$61,40527 gradsGettysburg CollegePEER$61,40335 gradsEast Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaPEER$60,56258 gradsSeton Hill UniversityPEER$60,21430 gradsMoravian UniversityPEER$60,14931 gradsCarlow UniversityPEER$59,65346 gradsLincoln UniversityPEER$59,57042 gradsThiel CollegePEER$57,6717 gradsIndiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusPEER$56,35367 gradsMillersville University of PennsylvaniaPEER$55,52490 gradsDelaware Valley UniversityPEER$54,70938 gradsKeystone CollegePEER$52,3775 gradsBryn MawrPEER$50,03128 gradsMount Aloysius CollegePEER$46,6788 gradsMisericordia UniversityPEER$44,85621 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 →