Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Grand Valley State University who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $60,491, in the 53rd percentile. That figure is $5,119 below the $65,610 median for comparable institutions of the same type and size.
Graduates earn about $1,245 less than the model expects for similar students, placing that gap at the 50th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth places the return pillar at the 50th percentile 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 $8,259. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,504. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,327.
Four years after completing a degree, the median earnings for federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled are $60,491 at Grand Valley State University. That places the median at the 53rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 5,547 completers.
Graduates earn about $1,245 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, show a wide range: a downside scenario of $47,392 and an upside scenario of $79,485.
An estimated 30.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. For those entering the workforce, the return picture is mixed.
Earnings sit below the peer median and below the model's expectation, but the program mix shows a broad spread of possible outcomes.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $60,491, at the 53rd percentile. The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $65,610, and Grand Valley State University is $5,119 below that figure.
Azimuth ranks it #729 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $1,245 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap at the 50th percentile 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 $8,259.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,504. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,327.
The degree mix spans business, health, education and the biological sciences, alongside smaller engineering and computer fields. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix run from $47,392 on the downside to $79,485 on the upside.
An estimated 30.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios at Grand Valley State University span from a downside of $47,392 to an upside of $79,485 four years after completion, with the typical scenario at $60,491. That spread reflects the variation across the university's 60 programs with published earnings data.
Some programs exceed even the upside scenario. Computer Engineering completers earn a median of $103,253, Electrical Engineering completers reach $100,456, and Manufacturing Engineering completers earn $95,416.
At Grand Valley State University, the published cost of attendance is $28,367. After grants and scholarships, the average net price—the cost for aid recipients—is $16,317, which is $683 above the peer median of $15,634 for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Borrowers who complete a degree carry a median of $24,500 in federal student loans, $4,424 above the $20,076 peer median. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $278 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $26,392 in Parent PLUS loans. The net price and debt figures point in different directions.
The average net price is slightly above the peer median, while median debt is further above it, which means the cost picture depends on how much a family borrows.