For Fayetteville State University, the return pillar lands in the 25th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completion, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $51,687, placing the figure in the 22nd percentile.
The comparable peer median is $57,301; the university sits $5,614 below that mark. Graduates earn about $2,249 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the result in the 47th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,004.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,253. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $178.
At Fayetteville State University, the median earnings four years after completion is $51,687, at the 22nd percentile nationally, drawn from an earnings cohort of 1,043 completers. That figure is $5,614 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Graduates earn about $2,249 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from a downside of $41,968 to an upside of $84,662, with a typical scenario of $51,687.
An estimated 29.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. The median sits below the peer benchmark, and the gap against the model's expectation is below.
The median earnings at Fayetteville State University sit below the peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $51,687, against a peer median of $57,301—a gap of $5,614.
Azimuth ranks the university #1,105 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $2,249 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap at the 47th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,004.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,253. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $178.
The program mix tilts toward health professions and business, with a small STEM footprint. Earnings scenarios estimated from that mix range from $41,968 on the downside to $84,662 on the upside.
An estimated 29.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $41,968 on the downside to $84,662 on the upside, with $51,687 as the typical scenario. These are scenarios, not observed groups of graduates.
The spread between the downside and upside is wide, and the program at the upper end is also the largest. Nursing graduates earn a median of $88,701 four years after completion, from 213 degrees awarded.
Fire Protection follows at $73,969, from a much smaller cohort of 38 degrees awarded.
The median federal student loan debt for borrowers who finish is $22,987, which is $1,758 above the $21,229 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Completers earn about $2,249 less than the model expects for similar students.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $261 a month if repaid over ten years. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $8,791 in Parent PLUS loans.
The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $7,892, which is $6,176 below the peer median—comparable institutions of the same control and size—of $14,068. The spread between the lowest and highest income bands is $7,879.
Aid covers about 53% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. Earnings sit below the peer median and below the model's expectation, but affordability is Fayetteville State University's strongest pillar.