Concordia College at Moorhead

Concordia College at Moorhead has a published annual cost of attendance of $45,942, with $31,170 in tuition and fees and $12,530 for room and board. For aid recipients, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $24,902.

Average aid reduces the published cost by $21,040, though a family’s own grant package can differ from that average. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $22,347, placing this average $2,555 above it.

Azimuth places the university’s affordability pillar in the 25th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The published price, after-aid average, and peer comparison all describe a cost that remains above the comparable-institution norm.

The published cost of attendance is $45,942, so aid makes a material difference to the price families face at Concordia College at Moorhead. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $20,950 for families earning under thirty thousand dollars; $18,889 for families earning thirty thousand one dollars to forty-eight thousand dollars; $20,115 for families earning forty-eight thousand one dollars to seventy-five thousand dollars; $23,045 for families earning seventy-five thousand one dollars to one hundred ten thousand dollars; and $28,435 for families earning over one hundred ten thousand dollars.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $7,485. Azimuth ranks Concordia College at Moorhead #1,061 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 46% of the published cost, reducing the sticker price by $21,040. Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $24,902, and published tuition and fees are $31,170.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $22,347; the university's average net price is $2,555 above that figure. Aid offsets much of the published cost, though the overall average remains above the comparable-institution median.

Among federal student loan borrowers who completed, median debt at completion is $26,847, and 97.7% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. The comparable-institution median federal debt is $25,000, with the university's figure $1,847 above it.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $305 a month if repaid over ten years. Median Parent PLUS borrowing is $29,471.

At Concordia College at Moorhead, mobility is strongest, but return trails its benchmarks. Federally aided completers working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,802 four years after completion, in the 38th percentile.

Comparable institutions (same type and size) have a peer median—the middle value—of $55,915; the college is $887 above it. Graduates earn about $15,999 less than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 7th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 21st 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 $5,888. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $21,887. Both the peer comparison and the model point below their reference points.

Concordia College at Moorhead has a modest early-career earnings picture. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $56,802 four years after completion.

Azimuth puts that measure in the 38th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 497 completers. The earnings scenarios, which reflect the program mix rather than observed graduate groups, set a typical case at $56,802, a downside case at $45,949, and an upside case at $80,580.

An estimated 35.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The scenarios provide program-mix context for the school-level earnings measure.

At Concordia College at Moorhead, the school-level median sits $887 above the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size). Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,802 four years after completion; that figure is in the 38th percentile.

The peer median is $55,915. Graduates earn about $15,999 less than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 7th percentile. Azimuth ranks Concordia College at Moorhead #1,164 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from a downside of $45,949 to an upside of $80,580. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,888.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $21,887. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,558.

Program-level medians vary across the largest and highest-earning fields. Nursing has the highest reported median, with 38 degrees awarded and median earnings of $83,452 four years after completion; its median is 0.94x the national median for its field.

Accounting awarded 20 degrees and reports $82,771 at the same point. Psychology awarded 40 degrees and reports $44,399. The listed fields show different earnings medians four years after completion.

Program mix leaves a wide range between the modeled low and high earnings scenarios. The downside earnings scenario is $45,949, and the upside scenario is $80,580; both are estimated from the program mix rather than observed groups.

For families weighing borrowing, Concordia College at Moorhead presents an earnings-and-debt picture that merits close comparison. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $26,847.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $25,000, and the university's debt is above it by $1,847. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $305 a month if repaid over ten years.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, offers another part of the return picture. Graduates earn about $15,999 less than the model expects for similar students.

Above-peer debt and the model's stated earnings gap point in the same direction for the return picture.

Concordia College at Moorhead admitted 62.6% of applicants in the reported entering class, a rate below the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size). That comparison places its reported admission outcome below the middle value for schools with the same control and size profile.

At Concordia College at Moorhead, earnings four years after completion vary across its largest fields, so the program chosen shapes the return picture. Nursing sits at the higher-earning end, with median earnings of $83,452 and 38 degrees awarded.

At a more moderate level, Psychology recorded $44,399 in median earnings alongside 40 degrees awarded. Biology combined median earnings of $65,025 with 49 degrees awarded, while Business Administration and Management had median earnings of $63,910 and 49 degrees awarded.

The higher figures in nursing and the more moderate figures in psychology show that earnings differ materially by field, even among programs awarding many degrees.

Published program results show that earnings vary widely across fields at Concordia College at Moorhead. Among 12 bachelor’s programs with published earnings, Nursing stands out with 38 degrees awarded and median earnings of $83,452 four years after completion.

Biology had 49 degrees awarded and median earnings of $65,025, while Business Administration and Management awarded 49 degrees and had median earnings of $63,910. The higher-earning fields include both health and business options, alongside a substantial difference in annual degree counts.

The degree mix at Concordia College at Moorhead is spread across several fields, with no single family dominating. Business accounts for 19.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Biological Sciences at 14.3% and Education at 12.9%.

The university awards bachelor's degrees across 12 programs with published four-year earnings data. The largest programs are Biology and Business Administration and Management, each at 49 degrees awarded a year.

Psychology follows with 40 degrees awarded, and Nursing with 38. The highest-earning program is Nursing, where graduates earn a median of $83,452 four years after completion.

Accounting is close behind at $82,771, from 20 degrees awarded a year. Biology, one of the largest programs, reports median earnings of $65,025.

The pattern is one of breadth rather than concentration. The highest-earning programs sit in health and business, while the largest programs span the sciences, business, and education. Across all fields, 19.4% of degrees awarded are in STEM.