Emory University Outcomes: $90K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Emory University graduates earn?

The reported median is $90,139 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $21,889 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $90,139, at the 94th percentile. That is $21,889 above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places the university's return at the 94th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $7,957 less than expects for similar students.

That gap sits at the 25th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $11,431. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $19,388.

The modeled range is wide enough that field choice is central to the earnings picture at Emory University. Downside and upside earnings scenarios run from $58,628 to $132,063, rather than describing observed groups of graduates.

Among higher-earning fields, Computer Science has median earnings of $159,541 four years after completion; Business Administration and Management has $136,731, and Economics has $111,631. Those field-level results help explain the distance between the earnings scenarios.

An estimated 38.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, so further-study paths sit outside that earnings measure when it is read.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $90,139
Rank for difference from expectations: 25th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Emory University reported median: $90,139
Peer schools comparable schools · $21,889 below Emory University: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $7,957 above Emory University: $98,096

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

How many Emory University first-year students return?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 95.0%

Source: Emory University Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $58,628
Median · reported: $90,139
Higher estimate: $132,063

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 Emory 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.

Emory University graduates’ reported earnings are $7,957 below that expectation, the 25th 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 Emory University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Emory University report the highest earnings?

Business Administration and Management sits at the higher-earning end of Emory University’s largest fields, with median earnings of $136,731 four years after completion. Its 358 degrees awarded came alongside an Azimuth national field rank of #4 among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Neuroscience offers a contrast: median earnings were $73,795 across 167 degrees awarded, yet Azimuth ranks the field #5 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions. Nursing recorded $101,903 in median earnings and 297 degrees awarded; Azimuth places it #55 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Biology, a more moderate-earning large field, had median earnings of $70,959 and 203 degrees awarded, with an Azimuth national field rank of #31 among nonprofit four-year institutions. The figures show that field-level earnings and national field standing do not move in lockstep.

Emory University has 20 bachelor’s fields ranked by Azimuth, and their four-year earnings vary widely. Azimuth ranks Anthropology #1 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions; it awarded 52 degrees, and completers had median earnings of $78,768 four years after completion.

Kinesiology and Physical Education ranks #2 nationally in Azimuth, with 90 degrees awarded and median earnings of $87,254 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services #3 nationally; 28 degrees were awarded, and median earnings were $76,993 four years after completion.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix show a broad range by field. The downside earnings scenario is $58,628, the typical scenario is $90,139, and the upside scenario is $132,063.

Computer Science has $159,541 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Biology has $70,959. The spread signals variation by field rather than observed groups.

Graduates post a high earnings level, but the model comparison is less favorable. At Emory University, median earnings are $90,139 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled.

Azimuth places that measure in the 94th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 2,194 completers. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, with Emory above it by $21,889.

Graduates earn about $7,957 less than the model expects for similar students. The typical earnings scenario matches the observed median, while the downside and upside scenarios are $58,628 and $132,063.

An estimated 38.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Earnings sit above comparable peers but below the model’s expectation for similar students.

Data & methodology

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.