Augsburg University Outcomes: $68K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Augsburg University graduates earn?

The reported median is $68,350 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $100 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $68,350. That is $100 above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), and sits at the 73rd percentile nationally.

Graduates earn about $15,831 more than expects for similar students. That puts the gap at the 92nd percentile, and Azimuth places the university at the 84th percentile for return 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 $3,541. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $12,290. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $986.

The modeled earnings range at Augsburg University is wide enough that field choice deserves close attention. The downside scenario is $49,852, the typical scenario is $68,350, and the upside scenario is $90,658; these are earnings scenarios from the program mix, not observed groups.

Four years after completion, median earnings are $95,637 in Computer Science, $93,046 in Nursing, and $88,507 in Economics. Those field figures help explain the span between the downside and upside scenarios.

An estimated 30.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so graduates continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $68,350
Rank for difference from expectations: 92nd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Augsburg University reported median: $68,350
Peer schools comparable schools · $100 below Augsburg University: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $15,831 below Augsburg University: $52,519

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: $49,852
Median · reported: $68,350
Higher estimate: $90,658

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 Augsburg 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.

Augsburg University graduates’ reported earnings are $15,831 above that expectation, the 92nd 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 Augsburg University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Augsburg University report the highest earnings?

The highest-earning programs at Augsburg University are not the largest, and the spread between them is wide. Nursing is the largest program on campus at 65 degrees awarded a year, and graduates earn $93,046 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks it #113 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Finance awards 26 degrees a year and graduates earn $79,809.

Azimuth ranks it #129 nationally. At the more moderate end, Social Work graduates earn $60,546 from 20 degrees a year. Azimuth ranks it #35 nationally, the best rank among the programs shown here.

Further analysis

A range across fields appears in Augsburg University’s earnings scenarios, grounded in its program mix: downside earnings of $49,852, typical earnings of $68,350, and upside earnings of $90,658. Computer Science has median earnings of $95,637 four years after completion, whereas Psychology, the lowest-earning among the largest programs with published earnings, has $55,673.

These are scenarios rather than observed groups, and the spread shows variation by field.

Augsburg University posts a median of $68,350 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places those earnings in the 73rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 862 completers.

Graduates earn about $15,831 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios based on the program mix show that outcomes can differ across fields rather than describing observed groups.

An estimated 30.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The solid school-wide earnings measure and the model’s higher-than-expected result point in the same direction, though individual fields can vary.

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.