Bemidji State University Career Outcomes

Bemidji State University's program mix is anchored in Business and applied professional fields, reflecting the institution's regional public-university identity. Business Administration is the largest program with 168 graduates, followed by Nursing, Psychology, General, Teacher Education, and Criminal Justice. The institution serves 950 students across 27 programs, with 0 meeting Azimuth's ranking threshold. Among the ranked programs, the strongest earnings outcomes cluster in applied business and professional fields. Nursing leads with median earnings of $84,436 four years after enrollment across 127 graduates, followed by Accounting with $72,153 and 168 graduates. Business Administration graduates earn $64,086, while Criminal Justice and Kinesiology round out the higher-earning cohort with $58,519 and $57,357 respectively. These outcomes reflect Bemidji State University's focus on fields with direct workforce entry and stable regional labor-market demand. The program portfolio emphasizes practical preparation for employment in Minnesota's regional economy. Most of the institution's largest and highest-earning programs are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the workforce directly — particularly in Business, accounting, nursing, and applied technology fields — rather than grad-school-dependent tracks. The supply and demand for college graduates provides context for how Bemidji State University's dominant program families align with regional and national labor-market trends.