The return picture is mixed: earnings sit above comparable institutions, but graduates fall short of the model’s expectation for similar students. Azimuth places Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania in the 41st percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $5,024 less than the model expects for similar students, placing earnings beyond expectations in the 36th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,578.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $10,602. Four years after completion, median earnings are $58,676, in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
That is $1,375 above the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), of $57,301.
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania has a mixed earnings picture: its median sits in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $58,676.
Azimuth places that earnings measure among nonprofit four-year institutions, and the earnings cohort contains 4,223 completers. Graduates earn about $5,024 less than the model expects for similar students.
An estimated 27.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Earnings scenarios provide another way to read the program mix rather than a prediction for any individual.
The typical earnings scenario is $58,676 four years after completion. The median earnings and model comparison point in different directions, so the return picture is not uniform.
Mobility is the strongest pillar at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, but its return figures point in different directions. Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $58,676; Azimuth places that figure in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301, and the university stands $1,375 above it. Graduates earn about $5,024 less than the model expects for similar students.
That gap, the difference between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, places earnings beyond expectations in the 36th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,578.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $10,602. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $89.
Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $47,139 on the downside to $77,840 on the upside. Azimuth ranks the return pillar #859 among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Earnings are above the peer median but below the model’s expectation. Nursing is the highest-earning listed program, awarding 181 degrees and posting median earnings of $89,958 four years after completion; Azimuth ranks it #166 nationally in its field.
Security Science and Technology reports $73,289 at the same horizon, ranks #2 nationally by Azimuth, and stands at 1.27x of the national median for its field. Health/Medical Preparatory Programs awarded 55 degrees and has median earnings of $73,383, while Business Administration and Management awarded 343 degrees with median earnings of $64,030.
The program figures vary considerably, alongside an overall median that remains above the comparable-institution peer median.
Earnings variation is wide enough here that the field of study deserves close attention. The downside earnings scenario is $47,139 and the upside scenario is $77,840, both four years after completion and based on the program mix.
Program medians show part of that spread: Nursing reaches $89,958, Computer Science reaches $85,353, and Public Health reaches $75,679. These are program-level medians, not promises for individual completers.
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s stronger mobility picture sits alongside a less favorable cost-and-earnings tradeoff for borrowers. For borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt was $26,000, $4,771 above the peer median—the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size)—of $21,229.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $295 a month if repaid over ten years. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, was $15,699, or $1,631 above the peer median of $14,068.
On earnings beyond expectations, the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students, graduates earn about $5,024 less than the model expects for similar students. Higher debt and price than peers align with earnings below the model expectation.