Top Ranked Programs
Augustana University's program mix is anchored in health professions and sciences, reflecting the institution's identity as a health-focused private liberal arts university. Nursing is the largest program with 80 graduates, followed by Business Administration, Teacher Education, Biology, General, and Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. The dominant program family—Health—represents 17% of degrees, with Education and Social Sciences providing additional breadth across 30 programs. Among the institution's ranked programs, several deliver strong four-year earnings outcomes aligned with health-sector demand. Nursing graduates earn median earnings of $77,844 four years after enrollment with 80 graduates, while Accounting delivers median earnings of $68,523 and Business Administration reaches $68,463. Biology, General and Kinesiology round out the highest-earning programs with median earnings of $67,630 and $58,906 respectively. This earnings concentration in health and applied-science fields reflects both strong regional employer demand in the Upper Midwest and the direct-to-workforce pathway typical of nursing, allied health, and clinical-science graduates. Augustana University's program portfolio positions students for stable, in-demand careers in healthcare and related sectors. Many of these programs—particularly in nursing and allied health—are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the workforce directly and earnings reflect immediate labor-market outcomes. The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides context for how the institution's health-professions concentration aligns with sustained national and regional wage growth in these fields.