Capital University Outcomes: $59K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Capital University graduates earn?

The reported median is $59,121 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $3,206 per year.

Capital University posts earnings above its comparable peers, although graduates earn about $5,382 less than expects for similar students. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,045.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,427. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $59,121 four years after completion, in the 48th percentile.

At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median, the middle value, is $55,915; the university stands above it by $3,206. Azimuth places the return in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, while earnings beyond expectations sit in the 35th percentile.

The modeled range is wide enough that field choice is central to the earnings picture at Capital University. Scenarios run from $45,468 on the downside to $80,000 on the upside; these are earnings scenarios from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.

Among the higher-earning fields, Business/Managerial Economics has median earnings of $84,669 four years after completion, followed by Accounting at $79,157 and Nursing at $77,807. Those field results help explain the upper end of the modeled range.

Further study affects how to read earnings measured four years after completion. An estimated 30.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

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

Median earnings · four years after completion: $59,121
Rank for difference from expectations: 35th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Capital University reported median: $59,121
Peer schools comparable schools · $3,206 below Capital University: $55,915
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,382 above Capital University: $64,503

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: $45,468
Median · reported: $59,121
Higher estimate: $80,000

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 Capital 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.

Capital University graduates’ reported earnings are $5,382 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 Capital University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Capital University report the highest earnings?

At Capital University, four-year earnings differ sharply across fields, making program choice central to the return picture. Business/Managerial Economics records median earnings of $84,669 four years after completion, with 7 degrees awarded.

Accounting posts $79,157 and 5 degrees awarded, while Nursing has median earnings of $77,807 across 81 degrees awarded. At a more moderate earnings level, Teacher Education records $46,055 four years after completion and 32 degrees awarded.

The higher-earning business, accounting, and nursing fields sit apart from teacher education in the reported four-year earnings picture.

Capital University’s largest bachelor’s field is Nursing, pairing the broadest degree output with earnings well above several other large fields. It awarded 81 degrees, and its completers had median earnings of $77,807 four years after completion.

Published earnings cover 19 bachelor’s fields, so the program-level picture offers more detail than a single school-wide figure. Among the higher-earning published fields, Business/Managerial Economics awarded 7 degrees and had median earnings of $84,669 four years after completion.

Accounting awarded 5 degrees, with median earnings of $79,157. Business Administration and Management awarded 45 degrees and had median earnings of $71,710, while Marketing awarded 21 degrees and had median earnings of $66,462.

The mix pairs a large nursing field with smaller business-oriented fields that also show higher earnings.

Further analysis

Program choice shapes a wide modeled earnings range at Capital University. Grounded in its program mix, the downside earnings scenario is $45,468, the typical scenario is $59,121, and the upside scenario is $80,000.

Business/Managerial Economics reaches $84,669 four years after completion, whereas Music, the lowest-earning of the largest programs, is at $43,125. That spread points to substantial variation by field.

At Capital University, federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $59,121 four years after completion. The result draws on an earnings cohort of 956 completers and sits in the 48th percentile, as Azimuth places the measure among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The typical earnings scenario matches that observed median, while the downside scenario is $45,468 and the upside scenario is $80,000. An estimated 30.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, are less favorable here. Graduates earn about $5,382 less than the model expects for similar students. The scenario range is wide, but the model result points below expectations.

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.