Career outcomes brief

Franklin College Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

How much do Franklin College graduates earn?

The reported median is $53,224 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is -$2,691 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $53,224. That is at the 27th percentile nationally, and $2,691 below the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places the university at the 29th percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $14,172 less than expects for similar students.

That places the gap at the 10th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $2,442.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $11,730. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $2,641.

At Franklin College, earnings scenarios show a wide range across the program mix. The downside earnings scenario is $48,242, and the upside scenario is $80,140; both are scenarios rather than observed graduate groups.

Program medians four years after completion reach $84,829 in Finance, $84,491 in Business/Commerce, and $77,821 in Business Administration and Management. Those program results help explain the breadth of the modeled range.

An estimated 34.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so this estimate matters when reading the reported median because those pursuing further study are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $53,224
Rank for difference from expectations: 10th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Franklin College reported median: $53,224
Peer schools comparable schools · $2,691 above Franklin College: $55,915
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $14,172 above Franklin College: $67,396

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: $48,242
Median · reported: $53,224
Higher estimate: $80,140

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 Franklin College 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.

Franklin College graduates’ reported earnings are $14,172 below that expectation, the 10th 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 Franklin College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Franklin College report the highest earnings?

At Franklin College, business-related fields occupy the higher end of program earnings, while a larger health-related field sits at a more moderate level. Finance recorded median earnings of $84,829 four years after completion, with 6 degrees awarded.

Business/Commerce was close behind at $84,491 and 9 degrees awarded. Business Administration and Management had median earnings of $77,821 four years after completion across 17 degrees awarded.

At the more moderate end of these fields, Kinesiology and Physical Education recorded $54,636 with 21 degrees awarded. The contrast shows that reported earnings vary substantially by field, including among programs with relatively similar numbers of degrees awarded.

Published program earnings show that business-related fields have the highest figures among the highlighted offerings at Franklin College. Finance awarded 6 degrees, and its completers had median earnings of $84,829 four years after completion.

Business/Commerce awarded 9 degrees and had median earnings of $84,491 at the same point. Business Administration and Management awarded 17 degrees, with median earnings of $77,821 four years after completion.

The available figures vary across these fields, making program-level outcomes more informative than a single institution-wide earnings figure.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

Finance and Financial Management Services: $84,829
Business/Commerce, General: $84,491
Business Administration, Management and Operations: $77,821
Sociology: $58,827
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness: $54,636
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication: $54,298
Psychology, General: $49,687
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods: $46,423

Explore Franklin College program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $48,242, the typical outcome at $53,224, and the upside at $80,140. Finance reaches $84,829 four years after completion, whereas Psychology, the lowest-earning large program, is at $49,687. The spread shows how much the modeled outcome can vary by field.

Franklin College graduates have median earnings of $53,224 four years after completion, a starting point rather than a guarantee for any individual. Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 27th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 299 completers.

That cohort covers federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, so it does not describe every alumnus. The program mix supplies a typical earnings scenario of $53,224, rather than a result from an observed group.

An estimated 34.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. The earnings standing and graduate-study estimate describe different parts of the post-college picture.

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.