Bethune-Cookman University Career Outcomes & Earnings

For Bethune-Cookman University, graduates earn about $2,099 more than the model expects for similar students, a result in the 63rd percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $1,705.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $3,804. Azimuth puts the return pillar in the 12th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $46,007, placing earnings in the 11th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250; the university's median is $22,243 below it.

Earnings beat the model, but the school-level median sits below comparable peers.

Program mix leaves room for markedly different earnings scenarios. The downside earnings scenario is $34,284, and the upside scenario is $63,744; these are scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.

Among programs with published medians, Nursing reaches $76,641 four years after completion, compared with Gerontology at $51,623 and Business Administration and Management at $50,413. Those program figures give the modeled range a practical context.

Graduate study affects how to read the four-year earnings figure. An estimated 24.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Because the earnings measure covers completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

Program choice matters here because four-year earnings differ sharply across the fields shown. Nursing had median earnings of $76,641 four years after completion and 10 degrees awarded.

Gerontology recorded $51,623 with 9 degrees awarded, placing it among the higher-earning fields in this group. At more moderate levels, Business Administration and Management posted median earnings of $50,413 four years after completion across 42 degrees awarded.

Criminal Justice recorded $46,540 and 57 degrees awarded. The contrast between these fields shows that the earnings picture depends substantially on the program selected.

Bethune-Cookman University’s degree output has its largest shares in Psychology at 15.5% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, Business at 15.3%, and Security & Protective Services at 14.8%. Within fields with published outcomes, earnings differ enough to make the individual field important to the return picture.

Nursing awarded 10 degrees and had median earnings of $76,641 four years after completion. Gerontology awarded 9 degrees, with median earnings of $51,623.

Business Administration and Management awarded 42 degrees and posted $50,413. Criminal Justice awarded 57 degrees, with median earnings of $46,540 four years after completion.