IU East Mathematics (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Mathematics
- Public university
- Richmond, IN
- About 70 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
IU East mathematics graduates earn more than graduates of most mathematics programs nationally, $58,764 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $22,388 in federal loans, close to the national median of $21,500. Several Indiana programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Indiana and national columns are the medians across all mathematics bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, IU East graduates earn less than the national figure and about $2,230 less than the Indiana median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Indiana mathematics program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Indiana medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay falls about 3% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $6,049 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $237 a month, or 4.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the parts of Indiana outside metro areas are about 11% below the national average, so a $58,764 salary here buys what about $66,282 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to mathematics, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$61,880Median pay in Indiana. 20,430 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Data Scientists
$91,470Median pay in Indiana. 3,580 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 35% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Natural Sciences Managers
$108,250Median pay in Indiana. 1,670 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 9,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Statisticians
$109,300Median pay in Indiana. 230 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 11% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About IU East
Mathematics ranks 3rd of 12 bachelor's programs at IU East by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($72,491), Interdisciplinary Studies ($60,513), and Mathematics ($58,764).
Other mathematics bachelor's programs near Richmond
Common questions
The median graduate earns $58,764 one year after graduating and $56,971 five years after. The median across mathematics bachelor's programs in Indiana is $58,764.
The median federal loan balance is $22,388, which ranks 5th lowest of 7 mathematics bachelor's programs in Indiana. That works out to about $237 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 38% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Indiana programs report higher pay.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Indiana comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the mathematics program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024