Is a Housing and Human Environments degree worth it?
Across 11 schools, graduates of Housing and Human Environments earn a median $51,755 five years out on $25,683 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$51,755
Median debt
$25,683
Years to pay off
5
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
49%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.1%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$15,678/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$1,067
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Housing and Human Environments in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.