At Auburn University, the return picture is mixed: Azimuth places its return pillar in the 76th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $6,109 less than the model expects for similar students.
That earnings-beyond-expectations result, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 32nd 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 $14,567.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $20,676. Four years after completion, median earnings are $73,151, in the 81st percentile.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, leaving the university $7,541 above it.
For Auburn University, median earnings reach $73,151 four years after completion among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 81st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 4,129 completers.
This is a broad institutional measure rather than a program-specific result. Earnings scenarios based on the program mix put typical earnings at $73,151, with a downside scenario of $50,796 and an upside scenario of $94,907.
An estimated 28.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The scenario range gives a useful starting point for comparing outcomes across fields.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $73,151, at the 81st percentile. That is $7,541 above the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks Auburn University #360 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $6,109 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap at the 32nd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $14,567.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $20,676. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $3,694.
The program mix tilts toward business and engineering, with a smaller but notable share in the biological sciences. Earnings scenarios, estimated from that mix, run from a downside of $50,796 to an upside of $94,907.
An estimated 28.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Earnings vary substantially by program mix: earnings scenarios range from $50,796 on the downside to $94,907 on the upside, with $73,151 as the typical scenario. These are earnings scenarios, not observed groups of graduates.
The upper end includes Computer Engineering at $110,927 four years after completion, Chemical Engineering at $106,726, and Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering at $102,756. Program choice therefore matters within the wider modeled range.
Graduates of Auburn University earn about $6,109 less than the model expects for similar students. The median federal student loan debt for borrowers who finish is $21,000, $924 above the peer median of $20,076 for comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $239 a month if repaid over ten years. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $43,605 in Parent PLUS loans.
The published cost of attendance is $34,919, but aid covers about 30% of that for the average aid recipient. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, ranges from $16,681 in the lowest income band to $29,547 in the highest, a spread of $12,866. These are averages within each band, not what any individual family pays.