Azimuth places the return pillar in the 45th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,631.
That is $670 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $1,588 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap in the 49th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,929.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,517. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $774.
Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, the median four years after completion at Arkansas State University is $56,631. That median sits $670 below the median for comparable institutions (same type and size), $57,301.
The figure falls at the 38th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, drawn from an earnings cohort of 3,054 completers. Graduates earn about $1,588 less than the model expects for similar students.
That result falls at the 49th percentile. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $42,704 on the downside to $79,001 on the upside, with typical earnings at $56,631.
An estimated 29.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The median earnings figure four years after completion is $56,631, at the 38th percentile nationally. That sits $670 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks Arkansas State University #808 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $1,588 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap at the 49th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,929.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,517. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $774.
The program mix is broad, spanning health professions, business, and liberal arts. Earnings scenarios estimated from that mix range from a downside of $42,704 to an upside of $79,001.
An estimated 29.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, run from a downside of $42,704 to an upside of $79,001. The typical earnings scenario is $56,631.
At the higher end, Mechanical Engineering graduates earn $91,665 four years after completion, from 19 degrees awarded. Nursing follows at $88,611, with 200 degrees awarded. The highest program medians exceed even the upside scenario.
The published cost of attendance at Arkansas State University is $25,082. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $12,366, which is $1,702 below the $14,068 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Borrowers who finish carry a median of $20,500 in federal student loans. That debt is $729 below the $21,229 peer median, and corresponds to an estimated payment of $233 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $11,000 in Parent PLUS loans. The return picture is mixed.
Earnings sit below the peer median and graduates earn less than the model expects. But the net price and debt both run below their peer medians, which keeps the cost side manageable.