Atlantic University Outcomes: $23K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Atlantic University graduates earn?

The reported median is $22,917 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is -$32,998 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $22,917, in the 1st percentile. That is $32,998 below the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places the return at the 1st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $9,495 less than expects for similar students.

That puts the gap at the 20th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $4,406.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $13,901. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $10,681.

The earnings scenarios show a narrow spread, from a downside of $21,309 to an upside of $27,694. The university's two programs with earnings data sit near those bounds.

Graphic Communications graduates earn a median of $23,042 four years after completion, from 39 degrees awarded. Computer Software and Media Applications, the largest program at 141 degrees awarded, shows a median of $21,309.

An estimated 12.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $22,917
Rank for difference from expectations: 20th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Atlantic University reported median: $22,917
Peer schools comparable schools · $32,998 above Atlantic University: $55,915
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $9,495 above Atlantic University: $32,412

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $21,309
Median · reported: $22,917
Higher estimate: $27,694

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Atlantic University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Atlantic University graduates’ reported earnings are $9,495 below that expectation, the 20th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Atlantic University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Atlantic University report the highest earnings?

Atlantic University awards nearly three-quarters of its bachelor's degrees in a single family, Computer & Information Sciences, at 74.5% of degrees awarded. Communications Technologies is a distant second at 19.9%, and Visual & Performing Arts accounts for the remaining 5.6%.

The two programs with published earnings data sit close together. Graphic Communications graduates earn a median of $23,042 four years after completion, from 39 degrees awarded.

Computer Software and Media Applications, the largest program at 141 degrees a year, reports $21,309. Both programs fall well below their national field medians.

Graphic Communications earns 0.53x the national benchmark for its field, and Computer Software and Media Applications earns 0.36x. A student choosing between them faces a narrow earnings spread, with the larger program on the lower side.

Computer & Information Sciences accounts for 74.5% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Communications Technologies second at 19.9%. A small Visual & Performing Arts program rounds out the offerings at 5.6% of degrees.

The university has 2 programs with published four-year earnings. Computer Software and Media Applications is the largest single program, at 141 degrees awarded a year.

Its completers earn a median of $21,309 four years after completion. Graphic Communications graduates report the highest four-year earnings, at $23,042, from 39 degrees awarded.

The two programs sit close together in earnings, and the larger one is not the higher-paid one.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from a downside of $21,309 to a typical outcome of $22,917 and an upside of $27,694. The highest-earning program, Graphic Communications, reaches $23,042 four years after completion, while the largest program, Computer Software and Media Applications, sits at $21,309.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Atlantic University who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $22,917, measured among 230 completers. The median is $32,998 below the $55,915 reported by comparable institutions (same type and size).

Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that earnings measure is at the 1st percentile. Graduates earn about $9,495 less than the model expects for similar students, a result that sits at the 20th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix point to $22,917 as the typical outcome, with a downside of $21,309 and an upside of $27,694. Based on the program mix, an estimated 12.1% of graduates continue to graduate study.

Earnings fall below the peer median and the model's expectation, and the scenario range offers little upside beyond the typical outcome.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.