Azimuth places the return pillar for Abilene Christian University at the 42nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The median earnings for federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled four years after completion is $59,305, at the 48th percentile.
That figure sits $8,945 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $7,697 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap at the 26th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,703.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $11,400. The STEM component among those measured factors adds $1,045.
Four years after graduating, federally aided completers from Abilene Christian University who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $59,305. The earnings cohort for this measure numbers 765 completers.
Graduates earn about $7,697 less than the model expects for similar students. That gap places the university at the 26th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, show a typical outcome of $59,305. The downside earnings scenario is $49,830 and the upside reaches $87,672.
An estimated 28.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The median earnings for Abilene Christian University graduates sit at $59,305 four years after completion, at the 48th percentile nationally. That is $8,945 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions.
Azimuth ranks the university #847 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $7,697 less than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 26th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,703.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $11,400. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,045.
The largest degree families include Business, Health Professions and Liberal Arts & General Studies. Estimated from that mix, the downside earnings scenario is $49,830 and the upside is $87,672.
An estimated 28.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a wide spread: from $49,830 on the downside to $87,672 on the upside. That range is the spread of earnings across all programs at Abilene Christian University.
At the upper end, Accounting graduates earn a median of $93,032 four years after completion, from 19 degrees awarded. Computer Science follows at $91,894, and the largest program with published earnings, Nursing, reports $89,079.
The published cost of attendance at Abilene Christian University is $59,256. For aid recipients, the average net price—what students pay after grants and scholarships—is $26,182, which is $1,189 below the $27,371 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Borrowers who complete a degree leave with a median of $24,250 in federal student loans. That figure is $51 above the peer median of $24,199.
If repaid over ten years, the debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $276 a month. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $26,542 in Parent PLUS loans.
The return picture is mixed: graduates earn about $7,697 less than the model expects for similar students, and the median earnings sit below the peer median.