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Concordia College at Moorhead Career Outcomes & Earnings

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How much do Concordia College at Moorhead graduates earn?

The reported median is $56,802 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $887 per year.

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 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 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.

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.

At the upper end, median earnings four years after completion are $83,452 in Nursing, $82,771 in Accounting, and $65,025 in Biology. Those field results show why the earnings scenarios span a broad range.

The program mix estimates that 35.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, rather than recording observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot. This estimate therefore matters when reading the reported four-year earnings.

Median earnings · four years after completion
$56,802
Rank for difference from expectations
7th percentile
Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks
Concordia College at Moorhead reported median
$56,802
Peer schools comparable schools · $887 below Concordia College at Moorhead
$55,915
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $15,999 above Concordia College at Moorhead
$72,801

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 $45,949 to $80,580, around the reported median of $56,802. Compare the lower scenario with Concordia College at Moorhead 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
$45,949
Median · reported
$56,802
Higher estimate
$80,580

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 Concordia College at Moorhead 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.

Concordia College at Moorhead graduates’ reported earnings are $15,999 below that expectation, the 7th 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 Concordia College at Moorhead 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.
+$5,888
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$21,887
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
-$15,999

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

Which fields at Concordia College at Moorhead report the highest earnings?

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.

Accounting awarded 20 degrees, with median earnings of $82,771 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.

Highest reported four-year program earnings
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$83,452
Accounting and Related Services
$82,771
Biology, General
$65,025
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$63,910
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
$53,732
Communication and Media Studies
$52,248
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
$51,840
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
$50,597

Explore Concordia College at Moorhead program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $45,949 in the downside scenario to $56,802 in the typical scenario and $80,580 in the upside scenario. Nursing reaches $83,452 four years after completion, whereas Psychology, the lowest-earning large program, is at $44,399. The spread shows substantial variation by field.

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.

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.