Biola University Outcomes: $61K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Biola University graduates earn?

The reported median is $61,363 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is -$6,887 per year.

Biola University posts median earnings of $61,363 four years after completion, placing those earnings in the 55th percentile. Azimuth places its return in the 40th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,405 less than expects for similar students. That earnings-beyond-expectations result, the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students, sits in the 35th percentile nationally.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $955. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $4,450.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $224. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250; Biola’s median is below it by $6,887. The below-peer median and below-expected earnings point the same way.

Earnings variation is wide in the university’s earnings scenarios. The downside earnings scenario is $46,206, whereas the upside scenario is $95,864; both are scenarios rather than observed groups.

Program medians, also measured four years after completion, differ across fields: Nursing at $111,200, Accounting at $91,330, and Computer Science at $78,943. The scenario range and program medians offer separate views of earnings variation.

Program mix suggests that an estimated 30.6% of graduates continue to graduate study; this is an estimate derived from program mix, not observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so the school-level figure does not include graduates still pursuing further study.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $61,363
Rank for difference from expectations: 35th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Biola University reported median: $61,363
Peer schools comparable schools · $6,887 above Biola University: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,405 above Biola University: $66,768

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $46,206
Median · reported: $61,363
Higher estimate: $95,864

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Biola University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Biola University graduates’ reported earnings are $5,405 below that expectation, the 35th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Biola University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Biola University report the highest earnings?

At Biola University, program-level earnings vary enough that field choice matters. Four years after completion, Nursing has median earnings of $111,200 and 55 degrees awarded, while Accounting records $91,330 alongside 17 degrees awarded.

Computer Science sits lower at $78,943 with 15 degrees awarded. Among the largest programs with published earnings, Psychology reports median earnings of $49,450 and 97 degrees awarded.

The contrast between the higher-earning pair and these more moderate figures makes the program mix central to reading the university’s overall earnings.

Published earnings show that field choice matters at Biola University, with earnings data available for 18 bachelor’s fields. Nursing awarded 55 degrees and had median earnings of $111,200 four years after completion.

Accounting awarded 17 degrees, with median earnings of $91,330 four years after completion. Computer Science awarded 15 degrees and had median earnings of $78,943 four years after completion.

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services awarded 50 degrees and had median earnings of $69,087 four years after completion. Political Science awarded 11 degrees and had median earnings of $65,558 four years after completion.

Further analysis

The modeled range at Biola University runs from a downside earnings scenario of $46,206 to an upside scenario of $95,864, with a typical scenario of $61,363; all three are grounded in its program mix. Nursing sits at the high end at $111,200 four years after completion, while Psychology, the lowest-earning among the largest programs with published earnings, sits at $49,450. This spread shows outcomes can differ markedly by field.

Graduate earnings at Biola University sit near the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions, with a median of $61,363 four years after completion. Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 55th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on 1,112 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled.

For earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, graduates earn about $5,405 less than the model expects for similar students. Azimuth places that measure in the 35th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings scenarios based on the program mix run from a downside of $46,206 through a typical scenario matching the median to an upside of $95,864. An estimated 30.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The near-middle earnings level sits alongside below-expected earnings in the model.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.