International Relations And National Security Studies at Colgate University: is it worth it?
early-career pay $86,4204-yr net cost $116,428cost paid back in 2.8 yrs
Graduates of International Relations And National Security Studies at Colgate University earn about $86,420 a few years out, against a four-year net cost of about $116,428. These describe past graduates of this specific program — not a promise for any one student.
How pay climbs after graduation
Median earnings of this program's graduates, year by year after leaving — the early curve that decides how fast the degree pays for itself.
This program vs the major nationwide
Early-career pay for this exact school+major, against the national median for the same major everywhere — the bar in amber is this program.
What four years actually costs here
Sticker price is the published cost; net cost is what families typically pay after grants and scholarships at this school.
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Where these numbers come from. Earnings, debt and net cost are for this exact
school + major from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard program-level data; debt-to-earnings
and payback are computed from them. The national comparison is the College Scorecard median for the same major
across all schools. This links each program to its own outcomes data — it needs the linked program
records, not an average. Figures describe past graduates of this program as a group, not any one student's outcome.
