Aquinas College Career Outcomes & Earnings

For graduates, the return data point to earnings below both the model’s expectation and the comparable-school midpoint. Graduates earn about $8,899 less than the model expects for similar students.

Among nonprofit four-year institutions, earnings beyond expectations—the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students—stands in the 22nd percentile. Azimuth puts Aquinas College’s return pillar in the 25th 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) subtracts $2,558. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $6,341.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $51,578 four years after completion, in the 22nd percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $55,915, with Aquinas College $4,337 below it.

The modeled earnings range at Aquinas College is broad, so the field a graduate completes matters to the result. Scenarios based on the program mix run from $45,184 on the downside to $76,360 on the upside, with $51,578 as the typical earnings scenario; these are scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.

Among program medians four years after completion, Accounting reaches $76,274, Business Administration and Management reaches $74,404, and Sustainability Studies reaches $60,285. Those field-level figures span much of the modeled range and make the variation concrete.

An estimated 30.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Four-year earnings include completers who are working and not enrolled, so those pursuing further study are outside that earnings measure.

Aquinas College shows a clear spread in program earnings four years after completion, with business-oriented fields at the higher end and science or health-related fields at more moderate levels. Accounting recorded median earnings of $76,274 and 15 degrees awarded.

Business Administration and Management followed at $74,404, with 45 degrees awarded. Further down the earnings range, Kinesiology and Physical Education had median earnings of $51,806 across 24 degrees awarded, while Biology recorded $51,002 and 12 degrees awarded.

The figures show that the return picture can differ substantially by field, even among programs with published earnings data.

Business accounts for 22.5% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, making it the largest program family at Aquinas College. Among fields with published earnings, the higher-earning options are not confined to that largest family.

Accounting awarded 15 degrees and had median earnings of $76,274 four years after completion. Business Administration and Management awarded 45 degrees, with median earnings of $74,404.

Sustainability Studies awarded 6 degrees and showed $60,285 in median earnings. Kinesiology and Physical Education awarded 24 degrees, with median earnings of $51,806, while Biology awarded 12 degrees and had $51,002. The figures show a wide range across fields four years after completion.