Azusa Pacific University Career Outcomes & Earnings

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.

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.

An estimated 27.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the university's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, this estimate indicates that a sizable portion of completers may be building additional credentials outside the earnings snapshot.

Azusa Pacific University's largest program, Nursing, is also its strongest earner: completers earn a median of $118,549 four years after graduating, with 615 degrees awarded. Azimuth ranks the program #9 nationally in its field.

Business Administration and Management is a smaller but well-paying field, with 82 degrees awarded and median earnings of $78,900, placing it #102 nationally. Psychology and Liberal Arts and General Studies round out the largest programs with published earnings, with medians of $63,963 and $56,994 respectively, illustrating the spread between higher- and moderate-earning fields at the university.

The university publishes earnings data for 4 bachelor's programs, and 4 hold an Azimuth national rank. The largest program, Nursing, awarded 615 degrees, ranks #9 nationally, and shows a median of $118,549 four years after completion.

Psychology is the second-largest, with 150 degrees awarded, a national rank of #23, and a median of $63,963. Business Administration and Management awarded 82 degrees, ranks #102 nationally, and its completers earn a median of $78,900.

Liberal Arts and General Studies rounds out the largest programs with published earnings with 81 degrees awarded, a national rank of #70, and a median of $56,994.