CIP 4201 · Bachelor's Degree · TCU

Psychology, General at TCU

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of TCU. 88 completers in the most recent 4-year window (72 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $57,357.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$57,357
Texas CIP-4 median $47,697
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$48,796
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$21,375
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
88
72 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 TCU

5.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $21,375 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $57,357.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

6.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Texas CIP 4201 peer-median earnings $47,697.

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$21,375
$23,000$19,59920142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201988
967220142019
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
$254,075
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 12year 0year 39
Cost per year
$18,714
HS-only baseline · TX
$37,300
Years to complete
4
CIP family
42

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 4201

Psychology, General across Texas institutions

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

RicePEER$67,64864 gradsSMUPEER$64,77485 gradsTexas A&MPEER$57,797575 grads
TCUTHIS PROGRAM$57,35788 grads
BaylorPEER$56,326120 gradsUT AustinPEER$55,701415 gradsUT DallasPEER$55,406287 gradsTexas SouthernPEER$53,88149 gradsHouston Christian UniversityPEER$53,56846 gradsSt. Mary's UniversityPEER$52,81227 gradsUHPEER$52,111776 gradsUniversity of Houston-Clear LakePEER$51,609144 gradsUniversity of Houston-DowntownPEER$51,370210 gradsAbilene Christian UniversityPEER$50,83255 gradsUniversity of Houston-VictoriaPEER$50,757108 gradsUniversity of North TexasPEER$50,363501 gradsSam Houston State UniversityPEER$50,220254 gradsTexas State UniversityPEER$49,984530 gradsUT ArlingtonPEER$49,817223 gradsTexas Lutheran UniversityPEER$49,74119 gradsTexas Woman's UniversityPEER$49,658134 gradsTexas TechPEER$49,483345 gradsStephen F Austin State UniversityPEER$49,25895 gradsOur Lady of the Lake UniversityPEER$49,17637 gradsTexas A & M University-CommercePEER$49,15281 gradsThe University of Texas Permian BasinPEER$47,718125 gradsSaint Edward's UniversityPEER$47,69789 gradsLamar UniversityPEER$47,24847 gradsSchreiner UniversityPEER$47,19423 gradsThe University of Texas at TylerPEER$47,18798 gradsUniversity of the Incarnate WordPEER$47,06676 gradsTexas A & M University-KingsvillePEER$46,54030 gradsUTSAPEER$46,322580 gradsTexas A&M University-Central TexasPEER$45,93756 gradsTarleton State UniversityPEER$45,924160 gradsPrairie View A&MPEER$45,88398 gradsAngelo State UniversityPEER$45,74063 gradsTexas A & M International UniversityPEER$45,297166 gradsTexas A & M University-Corpus ChristiPEER$45,247123 gradsTexas Southmost CollegePEER$45,244Howard Payne UniversityPEER$44,7169 gradsAustin CollegePEER$44,56838 gradsMidwestern State UniversityPEER$44,47532 gradsThe University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyPEER$44,064457 gradsUTEPPEER$43,930241 gradsTexas Wesleyan UniversityPEER$43,54528 gradsWest Texas A & M UniversityPEER$43,21942 gradsLeTourneau UniversityPEER$42,32316 gradsDallas Baptist UniversityPEER$41,23672 gradsLubbock Christian UniversityPEER$40,7297 gradsHardin-Simmons UniversityPEER$40,25624 gradsTexas A&M University-TexarkanaPEER$39,03532 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 →