Four years after graduating, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled report median earnings of $52,456. That is in the 25th percentile.
The university sits $4,845 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Return is the weakest of the four pillars, at the 28th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Federally aided completers earn about $2,287 less than the model expects for similar students. That result sits at the 47th 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 $3,352. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,639. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $211.
Four years after completing a degree, Austin Peay State University graduates earn a median of $52,456. The figure comes from a cohort of 1,769 completers in the four-year earnings cohort.
Azimuth places that earnings measure at the 25th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. It is $4,845 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Graduates earn about $2,287 less than the model expects for similar students. That result is at the 47th percentile.
Estimated earnings scenarios from the program mix range from $41,712 to $75,537, with the typical scenario matching that median. An estimated 26.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The median earnings figure at Austin Peay State University is $52,456, at the 25th percentile, four years after completion. That sits below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $4,845.
Azimuth ranks the university #1,050 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $2,287 less than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 47th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,352.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,639. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $211.
The program mix tilts toward health professions and business, with a small STEM footprint. Earnings scenarios estimated from that mix range from $41,712 on the downside to $75,537 on the upside.
An estimated 26.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a wide spread between the downside and upside: $41,712 on one end and $75,537 on the other. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the higher end, Engineering Technologies/Technicians graduates earn $79,309 four years after completion, from 44 degrees awarded. Computer and Information Sciences follows at $77,125, and Computer Systems Analysis at $76,824.
Affordability is the strongest pillar at Austin Peay State University, and the debt figures bear that out. Borrowers who complete a degree leave with a median of $20,547 in federal student loans, which is $682 below the $21,229 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $234 a month if repaid over ten years. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $14,710 in Parent PLUS loans.
The return picture is more mixed. Graduates earn about $2,287 less than the model expects for similar students, and the median earnings four years after completion sit below the peer median.
A low debt load alongside earnings that trail peers means the value case here rests squarely on keeping borrowing in check.