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# Frostburg State University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

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## How much do Frostburg State University graduates earn?

The reported median is $58,511 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $1,210 per year.

Return is mixed: the median sits $1,210 above the peer median, yet graduates earn about $5,556 less than the model expects for similar students. [Earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/)—the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students—falls in the 34th percentile, according to Azimuth 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 $1,761. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,317.

Federally aided completers working and not enrolled earn $58,511 four years after completion, in the 45th percentile according to Azimuth among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median—the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size)—is $57,301.

Azimuth places Frostburg State University’s return pillar in the 34th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

At Frostburg State University, published program medians extend above the upside scenario, and earnings vary across fields. The earnings scenarios range from $48,003 on the downside to $85,063 on the upside four years after completion; they are scenarios, not observed graduate groups.

Among the higher-earning fields, median earnings four years after completion are $99,671 in Engineering, $86,331 in Nursing, and $85,521 in Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. Those program medians are at or above the upside scenario, while the scenarios summarize the school’s mix of fields.

Graduate study changes how the earnings figure should be read: an estimated 29.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Earnings four years after completion cover completers who are working and not enrolled, leaving those continuing their education outside that snapshot.

**Median earnings · four years after completion**
$58,511

**Rank for difference from expectations**
34th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

**Frostburg State University reported median**
$58,511

**Peer schools comparable schools · $1,210 below Frostburg State University**
$57,301

**Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,556 above Frostburg State University**
$64,067

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](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

## How many Frostburg State University students return and finish their degrees?

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

**Returned the following fall**
73.0%

**Completed within six years**
45.0%

**Pell recipients completed within six years**
36.0%

Source: Frostburg State University Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

## How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $48,003 to $85,063, around the reported median of $58,511. Compare the lower scenario with [Frostburg State University borrowing and monthly payments](/school/frostburg-state-university/cost/) to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

**Lower estimate**
$48,003

**Median · reported**
$58,511

**Higher estimate**
$85,063

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](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. [Read about the move to four-year earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/).

## Do Frostburg State 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](/methodology/#value-added).

Frostburg State University graduates’ reported earnings are $5,556 below that expectation, the 34th 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 Frostburg State University caused a student to earn. [Read how expected earnings are estimated](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

What explains value-added earnings?

**Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.**
+$1,761

**Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.**
\-$7,317

**Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.**
\-$5,556

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

## Which fields at Frostburg State University report the highest earnings?

At Frostburg State University, Engineering sets the higher-earning end among the fields shown, with median earnings of $99,671 four years after completion and 19 degrees awarded. Nursing also falls at that end, posting $86,331 across 139 degrees awarded.

Those fields pair higher reported earnings with markedly different numbers of degrees awarded. More moderate earnings appear in Psychology, where the median is $50,210 four years after completion and 93 degrees were awarded.

Teacher Education records $51,478 with 65 degrees awarded. The contrast between these fields and the higher-earning programs shows why the school-level earnings figure does not describe every field equally.

Health Professions accounts for 19.5% of bachelor's degrees awarded, and program earnings vary widely across the fields with published outcomes. Engineering awarded 19 degrees and had median earnings of $99,671 four years after completion.

Nursing awarded 139 degrees, with median earnings of $86,331 at the same point. Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management awarded 30 degrees and shows $85,521 in median earnings four years after completion.

Computer Science awarded 21 degrees, with median earnings of $83,990. The published figures show that field choice matters substantially here.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

**Engineering, General**
$99,671

**Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing**
$86,331

**Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management**
$85,521

**Computer Science**
$83,990

**Computer and Information Sciences, General**
$70,144

**Accounting and Related Services**
$67,484

**Health/Medical Preparatory Programs**
$62,767

**Business Administration, Management and Operations**
$61,002

[Explore Frostburg State University program cohorts and field ranks](/school/frostburg-state-university/majors/#largest-cohorts) for more context.

## Further analysis

Engineering is the highest-earning program at $99,671 four years after completion. Among the largest programs, Psychology is the lower-earning reference at $50,210.

Scenarios modeled from the program mix put the downside at $48,003, the typical case at $58,511, and the upside at $85,063. The spread points to substantial variation by field.

The earnings picture is mixed: Frostburg State University has median earnings of $58,511 four years after completion among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. The measure draws on an earnings cohort of 1,396 completers, and Azimuth places it in the 45th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

[Earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/), the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, are negative here. Graduates earn about $5,556 less than the model expects for similar students.

Scenarios modeled from the program mix put the downside at $48,003, the typical earnings scenario at $58,511, and the upside at $85,063, all four years after completion. These are earnings scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.

An estimated 29.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The modeled range and graduate-study estimate point to varied postcollege paths.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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](/about/).