Lehman College Career Outcomes: $63K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Lehman College graduates earn?

The reported median is $63,353 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is -$2,257 per year.

CUNY Lehman College falls in the 63rd percentile on the return pillar among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $7,541 more than expects for similar students, a performance in the 78th percentile.

The model attributes $6,524 to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market); this component adds to expected earnings. The model also attributes $1,017 to a remainder it does not explain, which adds.

The STEM component of the measured factors adds $502. Completers record median earnings of $63,353 four years after completion, a level in the 61st percentile.

The peer median among comparable institutions (same type and size) is $65,610, leaving the college below the peer median by $2,257.

Earnings scenarios show a spread of about $30,000 between the downside and upside outcomes four years after completion, with the downside scenario at $51,643 and the upside at $81,806. The highest-earning program, Nursing, shows median earnings of $119,115 with 167 degrees awarded.

Computer Science follows at $85,351, and Information Science/Studies at $73,936.

An estimated 31.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the college's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, the median earnings understate the eventual earnings of the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $63,353
Rank for difference from expectations: 78th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Lehman College reported median: $63,353
Peer schools comparable schools · $2,257 above Lehman College: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $7,541 below Lehman College: $55,812

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. Peer comparisons and model expectations are different benchmarks. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $51,643
Median · reported: $63,353
Higher estimate: $81,806

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 Lehman College 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.

Lehman College graduates’ reported earnings are $7,541 above that expectation, the 78th 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 Lehman College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Lehman College report the highest earnings?

The earnings spread across the largest programs at CUNY Lehman College is wide, and the highest-earning field is not the one awarding the most degrees. Psychology awards the most degrees, with 319 degrees awarded and median earnings of $54,063 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks it #79 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Nursing is both the highest-earning program and the fifth largest, at $119,115 from 167 degrees awarded.

Azimuth ranks it #22 nationally. Business Administration and Management sits in the middle, with 297 degrees awarded and median earnings of $62,496; Azimuth ranks it #159 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Azimuth ranks 24 of the university's bachelor's programs nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions. The strongest of these is Social Work, which ranks #7 in its field, awarded 133 degrees, and has median earnings of $62,955 four years after completion.

The largest program is Psychology, which ranks #79 nationally, awarded 319 degrees, and has median earnings of $54,063 four years after completion. Business Administration and Management follows at 297 degrees, ranked #159 nationally, with median earnings of $62,496.

The highest earnings come from Nursing, at $119,115 from 167 degrees awarded. Azimuth ranks it #22 nationally.

Computer Science ranks #129 nationally and earns $85,351, though its 103 degrees are fewer than the largest programs.

The chart shows up to eight fields with the highest reported median earnings four years after completion. Compare the field names as well as the amounts: the school-wide median can conceal substantial differences between programs.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the college's program mix show how earnings vary by field: a downside of $51,643, a typical outcome of $63,353, and an upside reaching $81,806. Among the largest programs, Nursing reaches $119,115 at the high end, while Psychology sits at $54,063 at the lower end.

Federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $63,353 four years after completion at CUNY Lehman College. That median lands $2,257 below the $65,610 midpoint for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Among nonprofit four-year institutions, it sits in the 61st percentile. The underlying earnings cohort includes 3,708 federally aided completers.

Graduates earn about $7,541 more than the model expects for similar students. That result sits at the 78th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix span from $51,643 on the downside to $81,806 on the upside. The typical scenario is $63,353.

An estimated 31.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Data & methodology

A missing figure does not mean zero. 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.