Estimated for a typical student paying the average net price over 2 years.
There isn't enough federal earnings data to calculate a reliable ROI here yet.
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61% of Carnegie Institute students earn more than a typical U.S. high-school graduate (about $28,000/yr) ten years after starting — measured from IRS tax records, not surveys.
Who the college serves and whether the payoff reaches everyone — earnings ten years after starting (IRS-linked), with access measures from federal enrollment data.
By gender
Women
$36,621
Men
$61,888
41% gap between the two groups
By family-income background
From lower-income families
$35,338
From higher-income families
$35,186
Essentially no gap — the payoff is even
By student status (FAFSA)
Dependent students
$39,147
Independent students
$37,888
3% gap between the two groups
54%
First-generation students
76%
Take federal student loans
91%
Born in the U.S.
Who studies here
White 68%Hispanic 5%Asian 9%Black 14%Other 4%
Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity. Federal data does not report earnings by race.
Net price by family income
What students actually pay after grants and scholarships, by household income as of 2024.
Family income
Average net price / yr
Family income $0–$30k
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$30k–$48k
$14,198
$48k–$75k
$17,921
$75k–$110k
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$110k+
$21,852
How Carnegie Institute compares
This college against the Michigan and national averages — higher earnings and lower cost/debt are better.
Graduate earnings over time
Median earnings of Carnegie Institute students 10 years after entering, by cohort year as of 2024.
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Best-paying majors at Carnegie Institute
Fields of study ranked by their own ROI — earnings five years after graduating against the cost and debt. Click a major for the deep dive.
The Department of Education hasn’t published field-of-study earnings for this college yet.
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ROI at Carnegie Institute
Estimates from federal data; your result will vary. How this works.
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Admissions & profile
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Admission rate
0
Average SAT
0
Median ACT
93
Undergraduates
Location
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. ROI is computed by Degree Return — see how. Read the methodology. Data as of 2024.
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Data as of 2024 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.