Physical sciences

Physical Sciences

Wilkes University · Wilkes-Barre, PA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$42,286Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$26,596Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 1 year after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$41,565
Physical sciences · national$39,009

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $34,971–$42,961.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 1 year after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
York College of PennsylvaniaChemistry$41,193
Bethel UniversityPhysics$56,415
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-PonceChemistry$21,052
Columbia College ChicagoPhysics$61,516
Carthage CollegeChemistry, Physics$39,549
Suffolk UniversityChemistry$43,798
Emmanuel CollegeChemistry$35,060
Roanoke CollegeChemistry$33,993
University of RedlandsChemistry$41,937
La Roche UniversityChemistry$42,682
Augsburg UniversityPhysics$42,682
Lebanon Valley CollegeChemistry$34,704
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗