Graduates of Davidson College earn median 4-year earnings of $72,718, placing Davidson College in the 73.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure runs well above the $57,042 median at comparable institutions (same control and size band). Graduates also earn beyond expectations compared with similar students at other institutions, placing Davidson College in the 73.2 percentile for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Davidson College #398 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings pattern at Davidson College reflects its concentration in Social Sciences and related analytical disciplines. Social Sciences accounts for 30% of degrees, followed by other STEM fields at 4% and Arts at 3% — a distribution that channels graduates into finance, consulting, law, and graduate-track fields where earnings tend to rise sharply in the years following graduation. The highest aggregate-return major, Psychology, General, combines meaningful cohort scale with strong four-year earnings, making it a key driver of the institution's overall return profile. Among the most popular programs, Economics (75 graduates), Political Science ((64 graduates), and Biology, General (60 graduates) enroll the largest shares of students and reflect Davidson College's liberal arts breadth, while programs such as Psychology, General and Computer Science tend to cluster graduates into higher-earning early-career roles. As a focused liberal arts institution in NC, Davidson College graduates a relatively small cohort each year, which concentrates alumni networks and supports strong employer relationships in finance, consulting, and professional services — fields where its graduates perform well relative to program-level benchmarks.
Graduates of Davidson College earn median 4-year earnings of $72,718, placing Davidson College in the 73.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure runs well above the $57,042 median at comparable institutions (same control and size band). Graduates also earn beyond expectations compared with similar students at other institutions, placing Davidson College in the 73.2 percentile for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Davidson College #398 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings pattern at Davidson College reflects its concentration in Social Sciences and related analytical disciplines. Social Sciences accounts for 30% of degrees, followed by other STEM fields at 4% and Arts at 3% — a distribution that channels graduates into finance, consulting, law, and graduate-track fields where earnings tend to rise sharply in the years following graduation. The highest aggregate-return major, Psychology, General, combines meaningful cohort scale with strong four-year earnings, making it a key driver of the institution's overall return profile. Among the most popular programs, Economics (75 graduates), Political Science ((64 graduates), and Biology, General (60 graduates) enroll the largest shares of students and reflect Davidson College's liberal arts breadth, while programs such as Psychology, General and Computer Science tend to cluster graduates into higher-earning early-career roles. As a focused liberal arts institution in NC, Davidson College graduates a relatively small cohort each year, which concentrates alumni networks and supports strong employer relationships in finance, consulting, and professional services — fields where its graduates perform well relative to program-level benchmarks.
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Graduates of Davidson College earn median 4-year earnings of $72,718, placing Davidson College in the 73.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure runs well above the $57,042 median at comparable institutions (same control and size band). Graduates also earn beyond expectations compared with similar students at other institutions, placing Davidson College in the 73.2 percentile for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Davidson College #398 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings pattern at Davidson College reflects its concentration in Social Sciences and related analytical disciplines. Social Sciences accounts for 30% of degrees, followed by other STEM fields at 4% and Arts at 3% — a distribution that channels graduates into finance, consulting, law, and graduate-track fields where earnings tend to rise sharply in the years following graduation. The highest aggregate-return major, Psychology, General, combines meaningful cohort scale with strong four-year earnings, making it a key driver of the institution's overall return profile. Among the most popular programs, Economics (75 graduates), Political Science ((64 graduates), and Biology, General (60 graduates) enroll the largest shares of students and reflect Davidson College's liberal arts breadth, while programs such as Psychology, General and Computer Science tend to cluster graduates into higher-earning early-career roles. As a focused liberal arts institution in NC, Davidson College graduates a relatively small cohort each year, which concentrates alumni networks and supports strong employer relationships in finance, consulting, and professional services — fields where its graduates perform well relative to program-level benchmarks.
How graduate earnings grow across the currently available FE horizons.
Financial justification for the investment.
Graduates of Davidson College earn median 4-year earnings of $72,718, placing Davidson College in the 73.9 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure runs well above the $57,042 median at comparable institutions (same control and size band). Graduates also earn beyond expectations compared with similar students at other institutions, placing Davidson College in the 73.2 percentile for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Davidson College #398 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings pattern at Davidson College reflects its concentration in Social Sciences and related analytical disciplines. Social Sciences accounts for 30% of degrees, followed by other STEM fields at 4% and Arts at 3% — a distribution that channels graduates into finance, consulting, law, and graduate-track fields where earnings tend to rise sharply in the years following graduation. The highest aggregate-return major, Psychology, General, combines meaningful cohort scale with strong four-year earnings, making it a key driver of the institution's overall return profile. Among the most popular programs, Economics (75 graduates), Political Science ((64 graduates), and Biology, General (60 graduates) enroll the largest shares of students and reflect Davidson College's liberal arts breadth, while programs such as Psychology, General and Computer Science tend to cluster graduates into higher-earning early-career roles. As a focused liberal arts institution in NC, Davidson College graduates a relatively small cohort each year, which concentrates alumni networks and supports strong employer relationships in finance, consulting, and professional services — fields where its graduates perform well relative to program-level benchmarks.
Program mix and student pathways explain much of the earnings story.
Davidson College's program mix is anchored in Social Sciences, reflecting the college's liberal arts identity and its emphasis on analytical, writing-intensive, and policy-oriented fields. The three largest programs by graduate count are Economics (75 graduates), Political Science (64 graduates), and Biology, General (60 graduates), with Psychology, General (59 graduates) and Computer Science (34 graduates) rounding out the most popular fields. Across 21 programs serving roughly 537 students annually, Social Sciences accounts for 30% of degrees, followed by other STEM fields at 4% and Arts at 3% — a distribution closer in character to peer liberal arts colleges than to research universities with large professional-school enrollments. Psychology, General anchors Davidson College's strongest aggregate financial outcomes, combining meaningful cohort scale with competitive earnings that place it among the higher-return programs in the Azimuth coverage set, per the program-ranking methodology. Among 0 programs that meet Azimuth's ranking threshold, the strongest financial outcomes tend to cluster in quantitative social science, economics-adjacent fields, and natural sciences — disciplines where Davidson graduates enter both high-mobility direct-to-workforce roles and selective graduate or professional programs. Several of Davidson College's most prominent programs are grad-school-dependent pathways — fields such as biology, chemistry, and psychology where a meaningful share of graduates continue to medical, law, or doctoral programs, meaning four-year earnings undercount the longer-term trajectory. Economics and mathematics-adjacent programs, by contrast, are higher-mobility direct-to-workforce pathways where graduates enter finance, consulting, and technology roles and four-year earnings more fully reflect labor-market outcomes. The supply and demand for college graduates provides context for how these program families align with national hiring trends.
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