Fordham University Outcomes: $84K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Fordham University graduates earn?

The reported median is $84,203 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $83,615 as its benchmark; the difference is $588 per year.

Fordham University posts a median of $84,203 four years after completion, landing in the 92nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure is $588 above the $83,615 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Graduates earn about $725 more than expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. The earnings-beyond-expectations gap sits at the 57th percentile, and Azimuth places the return in the 91st percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,372. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,647. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $2,242.

The earnings scenarios at Fordham University span from a downside of $60,999 to an upside of $119,134, a range that reflects the variation in program-level outcomes four years after completion. The university has 33 programs with published earnings data.

The highest-earning programs illustrate the upper end of that spread: Finance graduates earn a median of $141,860, Mathematics and Statistics graduates earn $117,344, and Accounting graduates earn $117,024.

An estimated 31.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the university's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because the four-year earnings snapshot counts only completers who are working and not enrolled, this estimated share of graduates is not reflected in the median earnings figure.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $84,203
Rank for difference from expectations: 57th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Fordham University reported median: $84,203
Peer schools comparable schools · $588 below Fordham University: $83,615
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $725 below Fordham University: $83,478

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 could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $60,999
Median · reported: $84,203
Higher estimate: $119,134

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 Fordham 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.

Fordham University graduates’ reported earnings are $725 above that expectation, the 57th 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 Fordham University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Fordham University report the highest earnings?

Fordham University's largest programs span a wide earnings range, from six-figure medians in business fields to more moderate outcomes in the social sciences. Finance is both the biggest and the highest-earning: 229 degrees awarded, with a median of $141,860 four years after completion.

International Business awarded 153 degrees and its completers earn a median of $106,665, while Business Administration and Management awarded 198 degrees and shows a median of $90,192. The social-science programs sit lower on the earnings scale.

Psychology awarded 164 degrees and its completers earn a median of $62,273. Political Science awarded 156 degrees with a median of $74,419.

The spread between these business and social-science programs illustrates the range of four-year earnings among the university's largest fields.

Fordham's largest bachelor's programs concentrate in business and social sciences, and the earnings spread across them is wide. Finance, the biggest, awarded 229 degrees and its completers earn a median of $141,860 four years after completion.

International Business awarded 153 degrees and reports a median of $106,665. Business Administration and Management awarded 198 degrees with a median of $90,192.

Psychology awarded 164 degrees and its completers earn a median of $62,273, while Political Science awarded 156 degrees with a median of $74,419.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the university's program mix show a downside of $60,999, a typical outcome of $84,203, and an upside of $119,134. The spread is wide, and the largest programs illustrate the range: Finance completers earn a median of $141,860 four years after completion, while Psychology, the third-largest program, sits at $62,273.

Four years after completion, Fordham University graduates earn a median of $84,203, placing the university in the 92nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings cohort includes 2,775 completers.

Graduates earn about $725 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. Earnings scenarios anchored on the university's program mix show a typical outcome that matches the observed median, with a downside scenario of $60,999 and an upside scenario reaching $119,134.

An estimated 31.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The median earnings sit above the peer median of $83,615 for comparable institutions (same type and size), by $588.

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.

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