Is a Insurance degree worth it?
Across 18 schools, graduates of Insurance earn a median $85,407 five years out on $21,000 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Insurance Sales Agents (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
$85,407
Median debt
$21,000
Years to pay off
2.3
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
55%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+0.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
0.1%
$91,466 vs $91,396
Net price
$17,087/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$20,443
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Insurance 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.