Among federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled, the median four years after completion is $54,096. That figure sits in the 30th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $57,301, and the gap is $3,205 below that level. The return pillar sits in the 41st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $6,625 more than the model expects for similar students. That result puts the gap at the 75th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,281. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $1,344. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $516.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Albany State University who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $54,096. The earnings cohort includes 948 completers.
That figure is $3,205 below the peer median of $57,301 at comparable institutions (same type and size). Azimuth places that earnings level in the 30th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $6,625 more than the model expects for similar students. Azimuth places that result at the 75th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The program mix yields earnings scenarios of $54,096 typically, $40,927 on the downside and $82,106 on the upside. An estimated 28.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Albany State University posts a median of $54,096 for federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled four years after completion, at the 30th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That result falls $3,205 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
For return, Azimuth ranks the university #861 among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $6,625 more than the model expects for similar students.
That places the university at the 75th percentile on earnings beyond expectations. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,281.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $1,344. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $516.
The program mix centers on education, health professions and business, with the largest fields concentrated in health and education and STEM playing a small role. Earnings scenarios estimated from that mix range from a downside of $40,927 to an upside of $82,106.
An estimated 28.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios range from $40,927 on the downside to $82,106 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the upper end, Nursing graduates earn a median of $87,799 four years after completion, from 92 degrees awarded. Management Information Systems and Services follows at $59,046, though with only 6 degrees awarded a year. Accounting rounds out the top three at $52,363.
The published cost of attendance at Albany State University is $19,333. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for aid recipients ranges from $10,693 in the lowest income band to $17,324 in the highest, a spread of $6,631.
Borrowers who finish carry a median of $25,024 in federal student loans, $3,795 above the median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $10,892 in Parent PLUS loans. Graduates earn about $6,625 more than the model expects for similar students, while the debt sits above the median for comparable institutions.
The debt load is higher than at comparable institutions, even as earnings exceed the model's prediction.