Brandeis University has four-year median earnings above comparable peers. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn $76,742 four years after completion, in the 85th percentile.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250; Brandeis University is $8,492 above it. Azimuth puts the return pillar in the 80th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $217 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. The earnings-beyond-expectations result is in the 54th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,251. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $3,468.
Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled record a median of $76,742 at Brandeis University. That median falls in the 85th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, drawn from a cohort of 660 completers.
The earnings-beyond-expectations metric weighs actual pay against the model's forecast for similar students; graduates earn about $217 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. Earnings scenarios anchored to the program mix span from a downside of $57,215 to an upside of $108,662, with a typical outcome of $76,742.
An estimated 41.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The above-average median and the wide scenario range contrast with the near-zero earnings-beyond-expectations result, so the early-pay picture is mixed.
Brandeis University has median earnings of $76,742 four years after completion among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, placing it in the 85th percentile. At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median, the middle value for that group, is $68,250; the university's median is $8,492 above it.
Graduates earn about $217 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 54th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,251. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $3,468.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $4,210. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $57,215 in the downside scenario to $108,662 in the upside scenario.
Azimuth ranks the university #294 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer comparison is above its reference point, whereas the model-based expectation measure is effectively at the expected level.
Computer Science is the highest-earning listed program, with 99 degrees awarded and median earnings of $123,460 four years after completion. Its median is 1.15x of the national median for its field.
Biology had 154 degrees awarded, with median earnings of $58,384 four years after completion. The listed fields span markedly different earnings levels at the same point after completion.
Outcomes vary considerably by field, with earnings scenarios extending from $57,215 on the downside to $108,662 on the upside. These are scenarios drawn from the program mix rather than observed groups of graduates.
Among published program medians four years after completion, Computer Science reaches $123,460, Business/Commerce reaches $108,405, and Economics reaches $95,872. The program figures help explain the breadth of the modeled range.
Brandeis University pairs a high average net price with borrower debt above peer levels. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $35,736.
By income band, average net price is $13,363 for lowest-income aid recipients, $15,135 for lower-middle-income aid recipients, $20,536 for middle-income aid recipients, $26,784 for upper-middle-income aid recipients, and $54,885 for highest-income aid recipients. Among completing borrowers, median federal student loan debt is $25,648, above the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), of $24,199.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $291 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $217 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
Higher net prices and debt above peer levels sit alongside earnings at the expected level.