Azimuth places Dominican University at the 67th percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $59,507, at the 49th percentile.
That is $8,743 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $13,823 more than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 90th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,695. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $12,128.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $59,507. That figure sits $8,743 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), and Azimuth places it in the 49th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $13,823 more than the model expects for similar students. That gap lands at the 90th percentile, so the earnings picture is stronger than the raw median alone suggests.
Earnings scenarios, estimated from Dominican University's program mix, show the range: a typical scenario of $59,507, a downside of $48,301, and an upside of $81,888. An estimated 34.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The median earnings figure at Dominican University sits below the peer median. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $59,507, at the 49th percentile.
That is $8,743 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Azimuth ranks the university #484 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $13,823 more than the model expects for similar students. That puts the gap at the 90th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,695. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $12,128.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,390. The program mix tilts toward fields where earnings are moderate, with Business and Health Professions accounting for the largest shares of degrees.
Earnings scenarios estimated from that mix range from $48,301 on the downside to $81,888 on the upside. An estimated 34.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a spread from $48,301 on the downside to $81,888 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the higher end, Computer Science graduates earn $86,730 four years after completion, and Nursing graduates earn $80,703. Accounting follows at $77,878.
The median federal student loan debt for borrowers who finish at Dominican University is $24,411, $212 above the $24,199 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $277 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $19,865 in Parent PLUS loans. The earnings picture and the debt picture point in different directions here.
Graduates earn about $13,823 more than the model expects for similar students, while the median debt sits close to the peer median.