Hamline University Outcomes: $61K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Hamline University graduates earn?

The reported median is $61,017 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $5,102 per year.

At Hamline University, above-expected earnings coincide with a median above comparable peers. Azimuth places the return in the 58th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,138 more than expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations means the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students; this result is in the 71st 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 $1,726. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $3,412.

Median earnings are $61,017 four years after completion, in the 54th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $55,915, placing the university $5,102 above it. Above-expected earnings and the above-peer median point the same way.

At Hamline University, earnings scenarios point to a wide earnings spread: $43,940 on the downside and $71,203 on the upside, with $61,017 as the typical scenario. They are modeled from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.

Among higher-earning fields, Business Administration and Management has median earnings of $72,945 four years after completion. Non-Professional Legal Studies reaches $65,460, and Criminology reaches $60,757, showing that outcomes differ across fields.

Further study matters when reading the earnings figure: an estimated 37.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $61,017
Rank for difference from expectations: 72nd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Hamline University reported median: $61,017
Peer schools comparable schools · $5,102 below Hamline University: $55,915
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,138 below Hamline University: $55,879

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: $43,940
Median · reported: $61,017
Higher estimate: $71,203

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 Hamline 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.

Hamline University graduates’ reported earnings are $5,138 above that expectation, the 72nd 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 Hamline University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Hamline University report the highest earnings?

Among Hamline University's largest programs with published earnings, Business Administration and Management leads in higher earnings, with median earnings of $72,945 four years after completion across 23 degrees awarded. Non-Professional Legal Studies also posts $65,460 in median earnings, with 36 degrees awarded.

Criminology sits in the middle of this group at $60,757 four years after completion and 45 degrees awarded. At the more moderate end, Psychology records $45,927 across 48 degrees awarded.

The contrast between business and legal studies on one side and psychology on the other shows that four-year earnings vary by field at the university.

Hamline University awards bachelor's degrees across 13 fields with published earnings data. The two largest families, Business and Social Sciences, each account for 19.2% of degrees awarded.

The largest single program is Psychology, at 48 degrees a year. Its completers earn a median of $45,927 four years after graduation, which is 0.91x the national median for the field.

The best-paid program is Business Administration and Management, with 23 degrees awarded and median earnings of $72,945. Non-Professional Legal Studies follows at $65,460 from 36 degrees a year.

A student drawn to the largest programs should know that the highest earnings sit in a smaller field.

Further analysis

Program-mix earnings scenarios range from a downside of $43,940 to a typical scenario of $61,017 and an upside of $71,203. Business Administration and Management has the highest earnings among the named programs, at $72,945 four years after completion; among the largest programs with published earnings, Psychology is lowest at $45,927. The spread shows variation by field.

Hamline University graduates report median earnings of $61,017 four years after completion among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. This schoolwide figure describes a broad group of completers rather than any one field.

Azimuth places the earnings measure in the 54th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 808 completers. Graduates earn about $5,138 more than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, provides context beyond the reported median. Earnings scenarios based on the program mix run from $43,940 in the downside case to $71,203 in the upside case; the typical scenario matches the reported median.

An estimated 37.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. The observed median, scenarios, and continuation estimate describe different post-completion paths.

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.