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# Creighton University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

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## How much do Creighton University graduates earn?

The reported median is $81,178 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $12,928 per year.

Creighton University's return picture centers on median earnings of $81,178 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. That earnings figure is in the 90th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Azimuth places the return pillar in the 92nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $10,914 more than the model expects for similar students.

[Earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/), the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 85th 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 $11,271.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $357. Comparable institutions, the middle value for schools in the same type and size, have a peer median of $68,250; the university is $12,928 above it.

Program choice leaves a wide modeled range around Creighton University’s institutional earnings figure. The program-mix model sets a downside earnings scenario at $53,837 and an upside scenario at $89,530.

These are earnings scenarios, not observed groups. Among fields with higher listed medians, Accounting has median earnings of $95,837 four years after completion, Finance has $89,079, and Marketing has $85,891. Those field results help explain the span between the earnings scenarios.

Four-year earnings do not include completers who remain enrolled, so further study matters when reading the reported median. An estimated 32.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

That estimate places part of the graduating cohort outside the earnings snapshot.

**Median earnings · four years after completion**
$81,178

**Rank for difference from expectations**
85th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

**Creighton University reported median**
$81,178

**Peer schools comparable schools · $12,928 below Creighton University**
$68,250

**Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $10,914 below Creighton University**
$70,264

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](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

## How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $53,837 to $89,530, around the reported median of $81,178. Compare the lower scenario with [Creighton University borrowing and monthly payments](/school/creighton-university/cost/) 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**
$53,837

**Median · reported**
$81,178

**Higher estimate**
$89,530

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](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. [Read about the move to four-year earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/).

## Do Creighton 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](/methodology/#value-added).

Creighton University graduates’ reported earnings are $10,914 above that expectation, the 85th 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 Creighton University caused a student to earn. [Read how expected earnings are estimated](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

What explains value-added earnings?

**Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.**
+$11,271

**Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.**
\-$357

**Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.**
+$10,914

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

## Which fields at Creighton University report the highest earnings?

Creighton University combines large health and business degree output with markedly different earnings across fields four years after completion. Health Professions makes up 29.6% of degrees awarded, and Business accounts for 28.6%.

At the higher-earning end, Accounting reports median earnings of $95,837 four years after completion, with 48 degrees awarded. Finance follows at $89,079 and 143 degrees awarded, while Nursing records $84,294 across 342 degrees awarded.

The more moderate-earning Biology field reports $51,544 and 95 degrees awarded, so field choice matters when reading the university-wide earnings picture.

Health Professions accounts for 29.6% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, with Nursing as its largest listed field. Nursing awarded 342 degrees and had median earnings of $84,294 four years after completion.

Finance awarded 143 degrees, with median earnings of $89,079 at the same point. Biology awarded 95 degrees and had median earnings of $51,544 four years after completion.

Management Science awarded 86 degrees and posted median earnings of $85,268 four years after completion. Marketing awarded 75 degrees, and its median earnings were $85,891.

The spread across these large fields makes the intended program an important part of the earnings picture.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

**Accounting and Related Services**
$95,837

**Finance and Financial Management Services**
$89,079

**Marketing**
$85,891

**Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods**
$85,268

**Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing**
$84,294

**Health and Medical Administrative Services**
$79,977

**Economics**
$75,602

**Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences**
$74,391

[Explore Creighton University program cohorts and field ranks](/school/creighton-university/majors/#largest-cohorts) for more context.

## Further analysis

The program mix yields earnings scenarios of $53,837 on the downside, $81,178 in a typical case, and $89,530 on the upside. Accounting, the highest-earning program, posts $95,837 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Biology posts $51,544. The spread shows how much the earnings picture varies by field.

Creighton University posts strong early-career earnings, with federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled reaching median earnings of $81,178 four years after completion. Azimuth places that median in the 90th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, drawing on an earnings cohort of 1,269 completers.

The earnings scenarios based on the program mix put the typical outcome at $81,178, with a downside scenario of $53,837 and an upside scenario of $89,530. Graduates earn about $10,914 more than the model expects for similar students.

An estimated 32.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The high earnings percentile and positive model comparison point in the same direction.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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](/about/).