Cornerstone University

At Cornerstone University, the published cost is $42,043, but aid recipients face an average net price of $20,301, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships. Published tuition and fees are $23,000, with room and board listed at $12,700.

The average aid offset is $21,742, which accounts for much of the distance between the published cost and the average net price. For comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median net price, the middle value, is $22,347; Cornerstone University is $2,046 below that figure.

Azimuth ranks the university #700 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. Its lower-than-peer net price sits alongside an affordability position near the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions.

At Cornerstone University, published cost of attendance is $42,043, with aid-recipient prices varying across family-income bands. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $20,177 for the lowest family-income band, $17,674 for the lower-middle band, $17,872 for the middle band, $18,489 for the upper-middle band, and $23,135 for the highest band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $2,958, and Azimuth ranks the university #700 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. For the average aid recipient, financial aid savings against the sticker price average $21,742, and aid covers about 52% of the published cost.

Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $20,301; tuition and fees are $23,000, and room and board are $12,700. The peer median net price, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $22,347, placing the university $2,046 below that figure.

Aid coverage and the lower average price point in the same direction. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $25,000, and 91.0% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans.

The peer median debt for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $25,000, leaving the university level with the peer figure. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years.

Median Parent PLUS borrowing for parent borrowers is $18,141.

Cornerstone University’s return figures sit below the model and its peers. Azimuth places the university in the 31st percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $6,618 less than the model expects for similar students. That earnings-beyond-expectations measure—the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students—falls in the 30th 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) subtracts $1,120. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,498.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $53,010 four years after completion, placing the earnings figure in the 26th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $55,915; the university’s figure is below by $2,905. Those measures point the same way.

Graduates of Cornerstone University earn a median of $53,010 four years after completion, measured among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. That median is $2,905 below the $55,915 figure for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places that earnings level at the 26th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That result is based on an earnings cohort of 529 completers.

Graduates earn about $6,618 less than the model expects for similar students. That places the gap at the 30th percentile.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $45,378 on the downside to $66,936 on the upside, with typical earnings at $53,010. An estimated 27.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, Cornerstone University has median earnings of $53,010 four years after completion, in the 26th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $55,915, leaving the university $2,905 below that mark.

Graduates earn about $6,618 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 30th percentile.

Azimuth ranks the university #1,010 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $45,378 in the downside scenario to $66,936 in the upside scenario, both four years after completion.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $1,120. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,498.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $607. The peer comparison and the model result both point below their reference marks.

Business Administration and Management is the largest program, with 65 degrees awarded and median earnings of $67,148 four years after completion. Its earnings are 0.98x of the national median for its field.

The larger programs therefore show a range of reported earnings rather than a single pattern.

Program mix makes the modeled earnings range at Cornerstone University broader than the typical scenario alone suggests. The downside scenario is $45,378 and the upside scenario is $66,936; both are earnings scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.

Among the higher-earning programs, Business Administration and Management has median earnings of $67,148, Marketing has $62,782, and Kinesiology and Physical Education has $56,231, all four years after completion. These program results sit within the wider modeled range.

The debt comparison is neutral at Cornerstone University, though the earnings model provides a separate concern. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $25,000.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is the same, placing the university’s debt figure level with it. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years.

Parent borrowers using Parent PLUS have median debt of $18,141. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, adds context beyond borrowing alone.

Graduates earn about $6,618 less than the model expects for similar students. Debt that matches peers and below-expected modeled earnings point in different directions, so the return picture is mixed.

At Cornerstone University, 77.8% of applicants were admitted in the reported cycle, meaning most applicants in that pool received an offer. The reported result sits above the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Applicants should use this rate to balance an application list with schools showing different admission outcomes. It summarizes a past applicant pool rather than forecasting an individual admission decision.

Business Administration and Management is the clearest higher-earning large program at Cornerstone University, with median earnings of $67,148 four years after completion across 65 degrees awarded. Kinesiology and Physical Education recorded $56,231 across 17 degrees awarded, placing it between the leading field and the more moderate programs.

Psychology had median earnings of $47,933 and 43 degrees awarded, while Teacher Education posted $47,341 across 17 degrees awarded. The larger programs do not share one earnings level: the first pair sits higher, whereas the latter pair is more moderate four years after completion.

Business accounts for 34.0% of bachelor’s degrees awarded at Cornerstone University, making it the largest program family. The university has earnings data for 10 bachelor’s fields, showing different outcomes across its larger fields four years after completion.

The program mix at Cornerstone University is anchored by Business, which accounts for 34.0% of bachelor's degrees awarded. Psychology is next at 20.5%, and Education at 10.4%.

The largest program with published earnings is Business Administration and Management, at 65 degrees awarded a year, followed by Psychology at 43 degrees and Kinesiology and Physical Education at 17 degrees. Business Administration and Management is also the highest-earning program, with graduates earning a median of $67,148 four years after completion.

Marketing, a smaller program at 15 degrees awarded, reports median earnings of $62,782. Kinesiology and Physical Education, with 17 degrees awarded, has graduates earning $56,231, which is 1.03x the national median for its field.

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication is a very small program at 6 degrees, but its graduates earn $54,344, or 1.08x the national median. The pattern is one of modest earnings concentrated in a few business and applied fields.

6.4% of degrees awarded are in STEM, and the largest program outside of business, Psychology, reports earnings below the national median for its field. Four-year earnings for fields that commonly precede graduate study may understate later trajectories.