Graduates of Aurora University earn about $11,085 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 85th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Azimuth places the return pillar in the 73rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Of that gap, the model attributes $2,862 to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market), a share that adds to expected earnings.
It attributes $8,223 to a remainder it does not explain, which adds. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $64,521 four years after completion, in the 64th percentile.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, and Aurora University is $3,729 below it. Above-expected earnings and a below-peer median make the return picture mixed.
Aurora University graduates earn a median of $64,521 four years after completing a degree. The figure comes from a cohort of 1,706 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled.
Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that median sits at the 64th percentile. Graduates earn about $11,085 more than the model expects for similar students.
That metric is the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students. The result falls at the 85th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Earnings scenarios derived from the program mix run from $49,019 on the downside to $79,662 on the upside, with $64,521 as the typical outcome. An estimated 27.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. The upside and downside figures show the range across program clusters.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $64,521, at the 64th percentile nationally. That figure is $3,729 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks Aurora University #402 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $11,085 more than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap at the 85th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,862.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $8,223. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $605.
The university's program mix tilts toward health professions, business, and social services, with only 6.4% of degrees awarded in STEM fields. Earnings scenarios estimated from that mix range from $49,019 on the downside to $79,662 on the upside.
An estimated 27.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Program choice marks a wide modeled earnings span at Aurora University. The downside earnings scenario is $49,019 and the upside scenario is $79,662; both are estimated from the program mix rather than observed groups.
At Aurora University, borrowers who completed had median federal student loan debt of $20,318, below the $24,199 peer median at comparable institutions (same type and size) by $3,881. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $231 a month if repaid over ten years.
Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $18,838, which is below the $27,371 peer median by $8,533. Aid covers about 54% of the published cost for the average aid recipient.
Graduates earn about $11,085 more than the model expects for similar students. Lower borrowing and a lower average net price than comparable institutions point in the same direction as the model result.