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Carthage College Career Outcomes & Earnings

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How much do Carthage College graduates earn?

The reported median is $59,751 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is -$8,499 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $59,751. That figure is $8,499 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), and sits in the 50th percentile.

Graduates earn about $5,999 less than expects for similar students, placing that gap at the 32nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth places the return at the 51st 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 $6,067. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $12,066. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,198.

Carthage College has earnings scenarios that differ markedly by field. The downside earnings scenario is $50,506, compared with an upside scenario of $84,854; both are estimated from the program mix rather than observed groups.

Median earnings four years after completion are $106,611 in Computer and Information Sciences, $86,952 in Finance, and $86,561 in Accounting. All three program medians exceed the upside scenario, so field-level outcomes extend beyond that schoolwide scenario range.

An estimated 29.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so graduates continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion
$59,751
Rank for difference from expectations
32nd percentile
Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks
Carthage College reported median
$59,751
Peer schools comparable schools · $8,499 above Carthage College
$68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,999 above Carthage College
$65,750

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?

The planning scenarios range from $50,506 to $84,854, around the reported median of $59,751. Compare the lower scenario with Carthage College borrowing and monthly payments to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion
Planning rangeReported median
Lower estimate
$50,506
Median · reported
$59,751
Higher estimate
$84,854

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 Carthage College 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.

Carthage College graduates’ reported earnings are $5,999 below that expectation, the 32nd 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 Carthage College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$6,067
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$12,066
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
-$5,999

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Which fields at Carthage College report the highest earnings?

At Carthage College, program choice makes a marked difference in median earnings four years after completion. Computer and Information Sciences sits at the higher end, with $106,611 in median earnings and 11 degrees awarded.

Finance recorded $86,952 across 26 degrees awarded, while Accounting posted $86,561 and 23 degrees awarded. The larger Psychology program falls at a more moderate level: its median earnings were $54,636 four years after completion, with 44 degrees awarded.

These figures show higher-earning computing, finance, and accounting fields alongside a more moderate-earning psychology field, rather than one uniform earnings picture across programs.

Business accounts for 27.4% of bachelor’s degrees awarded at Carthage College, and published earnings cover 19 bachelor’s programs. The highest-earning field in that set is Computer and Information Sciences, with 11 degrees awarded and median earnings of $106,611 four years after completion.

Finance awarded 26 degrees and had median earnings of $86,952 four years after completion. Accounting had 23 degrees awarded and median earnings of $86,561 four years after completion.

The larger Business Administration and Management field awarded 68 degrees, with median earnings of $72,468 at the same point. These fields show a wide earnings range across programs, even within the school’s prominent business offerings.

Highest reported four-year program earnings
Computer and Information Sciences, General
$106,611
Finance and Financial Management Services
$86,952
Accounting and Related Services
$86,561
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$72,468
Mathematics
$72,160
Marketing
$69,045
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
$68,708
Economics
$67,703

Explore Carthage College program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $50,506, the typical scenario at $59,751, and the upside at $84,854. Computer and Information Sciences reaches $106,611 four years after completion; among the largest programs with published earnings, Psychology is at $54,636. The spread shows variation by field.

At Carthage College, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $59,751 four years after completion. Drawn from an earnings cohort of 747 completers, that measure falls in the 50th percentile nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions, according to Azimuth.

Graduates earn about $5,999 less than the model expects for similar students. The program-mix model sets a typical earnings scenario at $59,751, alongside a downside scenario of $50,506 and an upside scenario of $84,854.

It also estimates that 29.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The typical scenario matches the observed median, but the model comparison is less favorable.

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.