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DeSales University Career Outcomes & Earnings

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How much do DeSales University graduates earn?

The reported median is $74,078 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $5,828 per year.

Return is the strongest pillar for DeSales University, at the 83rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completion, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $74,078, which is $5,828 above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions.

Graduates earn about $2,267 more than expects for similar students. That places the gap at the 63rd percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $4,517. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $2,250. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $766.

Earnings vary widely across the modeled program-mix scenarios, from a downside scenario of $50,917 to an upside scenario of $101,550. These scenarios are modeled rather than observed graduate groups.

Among individual fields, median earnings four years after completion are $124,965 in Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, $91,887 in Nursing, and $79,595 in Business Administration and Management. The field-level figures help explain the breadth of the modeled range.

An estimated 25.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so those pursuing further study are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion
$74,078
Rank for difference from expectations
63rd percentile
Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks
DeSales University reported median
$74,078
Peer schools comparable schools · $5,828 below DeSales University
$68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $2,267 below DeSales University
$71,811

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?

The planning scenarios range from $50,917 to $101,550, around the reported median of $74,078. Compare the lower scenario with DeSales University 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
$50,917
Median · reported
$74,078
Higher estimate
$101,550

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 DeSales 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.

DeSales University graduates’ reported earnings are $2,267 above that expectation, the 63rd 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 DeSales University 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.
+$4,517
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$2,250
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$2,267

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

Which fields at DeSales University report the highest earnings?

At DeSales University, the highest program earnings sit in health-focused fields, while business and biology fall at more moderate levels four years after completion. Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences reports median earnings of $124,965 and 35 degrees awarded.

Nursing follows with median earnings of $91,887 across 110 degrees awarded. Among other large programs, Business Administration and Management posts median earnings of $79,595 with 63 degrees awarded, and Biology posts $76,125 with 40 degrees awarded.

The figures place the health-focused programs at the higher end of this group and the business and biology fields at a more moderate level.

Health Professions accounts for 26.7% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, giving the program mix a substantial health focus. Among the largest fields, Nursing awarded 110 degrees and had median earnings of $91,887 four years after completion; Business Administration and Management awarded 63 degrees and had median earnings of $79,595; Criminal Justice awarded 41 degrees and had median earnings of $64,020; Biology awarded 40 degrees and had median earnings of $76,125; and Marketing awarded 38 degrees and had median earnings of $72,203.

The largest fields span a wide earnings range, so the intended field matters in interpreting the school-level result.

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.

Highest reported four-year program earnings
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
$124,965
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$91,887
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$79,595
Biology, General
$76,125
Accounting and Related Services
$74,169
Marketing
$72,203
Finance and Financial Management Services
$70,430
Computer and Information Sciences, General
$64,556

Explore DeSales University program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios based on the program mix put the downside at $50,917, the typical case at $74,078, and the upside at $101,550. Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences reaches $124,965 four years after completion, while Criminal Justice, the lowest-earning large program, is at $64,020. The spread shows how much earnings can vary by field.

DeSales University posts a median of $74,078 four years after completion among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. The earnings cohort includes 640 completers, and Azimuth places the result in the 82nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, offer another lens. Graduates earn about $2,267 more than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings scenarios based on the program mix place typical earnings at the observed median, with a downside scenario of $50,917 and an upside scenario of $101,550. An estimated 25.4% continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The observed median and higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction.

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.