Azusa Pacific University's strongest pillar is return, where Azimuth places the university in the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $12,116 more than the model expects for similar students, a result in the 87th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,393. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $8,723.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $857. Four years after completion, completers earn a median of $71,925, which sits in the 79th percentile nationally.
That figure is above the peer median of $68,250 for comparable institutions (same type and size), a gap of $3,675. Strong earnings beyond expectations and a median that clears the peer benchmark point the same way for the return pillar.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Azusa Pacific University who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $71,925. That is $3,675 above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The earnings cohort numbers 2,466 completers, and Azimuth places the university's return pillar at the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $12,116 more than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $49,098 to $118,549. An estimated 27.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Azusa Pacific University posts a median of $71,925 four years after completion among federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled, in the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $68,250, and the university sits $3,675 above that mark.
Azimuth ranks it #178 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $12,116 more than the model expects for similar students.
That outcome falls in the 87th percentile. The share attributable to the factors the model measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,393.
The share attributable to a remainder it does not explain adds $8,723. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $857, alongside a degree mix centered on health professions, with smaller concentrations in psychology, business, and liberal arts.
The downside earnings scenario is $49,098 and the upside scenario is $118,549, both estimated from the program mix. They are not observed outcomes.
An estimated 27.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a wide spread: $49,098 on the downside against $118,549 on the upside. The wide range coincides with a program mix where Nursing is both the largest and highest-earning program.
Business Administration and Management graduates earn a median of $78,900 four years after completion, from 82 degrees awarded a year. Azimuth ranks the program #102 nationally within its field. Psychology is at $63,963, and Liberal Arts and General Studies is at $56,994.
The published cost of attendance at Azusa Pacific University is $56,313, but aid brings the average net price down to $22,212. The average net price is $5,159 below the $27,371 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Borrowers who finish carry a median of $23,219 in federal student loans, $980 below the $24,199 peer median. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $264 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $26,000. Graduates earn about $12,116 more than the model expects for similar students, while median federal debt sits below the peer midpoint. The two figures point the same way.