Career outcomes brief

Central Connecticut State University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

How much do Central Connecticut State University graduates earn?

The reported median is $67,245 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $9,944 per year.

Graduates of Central Connecticut State University earn a median of $67,245 four years after completion, which is $9,944 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That places the university's median earnings in the 71st percentile nationally.

Azimuth ranks the return in the 67th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $5,190 more than expects for similar students.

That puts the gap at the 72nd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $9,368.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $4,178. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $2,795.

Earnings vary substantially by modeled scenario and by field at Central Connecticut State University. The downside earnings scenario is $54,363, while the upside scenario reaches $88,236.

At the upper end, four years after completion, Mechanical Engineering completers have median earnings of $94,462, Construction Management completers have $93,908, and Nursing completers have $92,216. These field-level results show why the modeled range is wide.

Graduate-school plans affect how the earnings snapshot should be read. The program mix indicates that an estimated 30.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, rather than documenting observed enrollment.

Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so they describe a different part of the graduating class.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $67,245
Rank for difference from expectations: 72nd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Central Connecticut State University reported median: $67,245
Peer schools comparable schools · $9,944 below Central Connecticut State University: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,190 below Central Connecticut State University: $62,055

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 many Central Connecticut State University students return and finish their degrees?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 76.0%
Completed within six years: 49.7%
Pell recipients completed within six years: 43.8%

Source: Central Connecticut State University Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $54,363
Median · reported: $67,245
Higher estimate: $88,236

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 Central Connecticut State 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.

Central Connecticut State University graduates’ reported earnings are $5,190 above that expectation, the 72nd 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 Central Connecticut State University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Central Connecticut State University report the highest earnings?

Earnings differ markedly across the university’s larger programs, separating higher-earning business fields from more moderate-earning social science fields. Finance completers have median earnings of $78,910 four years after completion; Azimuth ranks the field #94 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions, and it awarded 79 degrees.

Accounting shows $74,408 in median earnings, 93 degrees awarded, and an Azimuth national field rank of #134 among nonprofit four-year institutions. Criminology records $61,950, with 142 degrees awarded and an Azimuth rank of #6 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Psychology is more moderate at $53,227; it awarded 116 degrees, and Azimuth ranks the field #149 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The program roster has 28 fields with an Azimuth national rank, giving applicants several ranked options to compare. In Azimuth’s rankings among nonprofit four-year institutions, Criminology ranks #6 in its field, with 142 degrees awarded and median earnings of $61,950 four years after completion.

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians ranks #11 in its field, awarded 20 degrees, and shows $90,472 in median earnings four years after completion. Construction Management ranks #13 in its field, with 41 degrees awarded and median earnings of $93,908 at the same point.

The rankings and earnings vary by field, so the program pages matter more than a schoolwide average.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

Mechanical Engineering: $94,462
Construction Management: $93,908
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: $92,216
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians: $90,472
Management Information Systems and Services: $87,396
Civil Engineering: $87,366
Computer and Information Sciences, General: $86,238
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management: $86,230

Explore Central Connecticut State University program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

At four years after completion, Mechanical Engineering reaches $94,462, whereas Psychology has $53,227 among the largest programs. Grounded in the program mix, modeled downside, typical, and upside scenarios are $54,363, $67,245, and $88,236; the range shows that earnings vary substantially by field.

Central Connecticut State University graduates post earnings above the middle of comparable institutions, with a median of $67,245 four years after completion. Azimuth places that earnings level in the 71st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The measure covers 2,778 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; Central Connecticut State University is above it by $9,944.

A typical earnings scenario, based on the program mix, is $67,245. An estimated 30.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The typical scenario and the peer comparison both point to earnings above the comparable-institution middle.

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.