East Tennessee State University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Access is stronger than return at East Tennessee State University, and the return figures point downward. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 25th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $4,461 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations means the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students; this reading falls in the 38th 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 $5,533. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,994.

Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $53,033, placing them in the 26th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, leaving earnings $12,577 below that benchmark. The modeled result and peer comparison tell the same story.

The range across earnings scenarios is wide, making program choice a central part of the earnings picture at East Tennessee State University. The downside earnings scenario is $41,242 and the upside scenario is $75,987; both are estimated from the program mix rather than observed groups.

Among higher-earning fields, median earnings four years after completion are $106,593 in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, $82,073 in Computer and Information Sciences, and $75,298 in Engineering Technologies/Technicians. Those field-level medians help explain why the earnings scenarios span such different outcomes.

Graduate study matters when reading the earnings figure. An estimated 28.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Because the earnings measure covers completers who are working and not enrolled four years after completion, those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

Program-level earnings at East Tennessee State University differ substantially across fields four years after completion. At the higher end, Nursing had median earnings of $74,311 from 502 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #253 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences recorded $60,298 across 67 degrees awarded and ranks #13 nationally by Azimuth in its field. More moderate earnings appear in Graphic Communications, with $41,074 from 53 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national rank of #11 among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions had $65,649 across 29 degrees awarded; Azimuth places it #23 nationally in its field. The figures show a clear difference between the higher-earning health fields and the more moderate graphic communications field.

Health Professions is the largest academic family at East Tennessee State University, accounting for 30.5% of bachelor’s degrees awarded. Azimuth identifies 28 ranked bachelor’s fields, so program choice matters within a degree mix centered on health-related study.

Among the ranked fields, Graphic Communications stands at #11 nationally in its field, with 53 degrees awarded and median earnings of $41,074 four years after completion. Azimuth places Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences at #13 nationally in its field; 67 degrees were awarded, and median earnings were $60,298 four years after completion.

Engineering Technologies/Technicians is #16 nationally in its field, with 52 degrees awarded and median earnings of $75,298 four years after completion.