IU Bloomington Career Outcomes: $75K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do IU Bloomington graduates earn?

The reported median is $74,511 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is $8,901 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $74,511, at the 83rd percentile nationally. That is $8,901 above the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Graduates earn about $5,061 more than expects for similar students, placing that gap at 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 $10,137.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,076. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $305.

Azimuth places the university at the 91st percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The spread between the downside and upside scenarios is substantial, reflecting the range of programs at Indiana University-Bloomington. The highest-earning programs illustrate the upper end of that range: Computer Science completers earn a median of $114,199 four years after finishing, while Business/Commerce graduates reach $105,583.

Economics adds a third strong outcome at $99,653. These program-level figures coexist with the university's overall earnings beyond expectations: graduates earn about $5,061 more than the model expects for similar students.

An estimated 28.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the university's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, the median earnings understate the eventual earnings of the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $74,511
Rank for difference from expectations: 71st percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

IU Bloomington reported median: $74,511
Peer schools comparable schools · $8,901 below IU Bloomington: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,061 below IU Bloomington: $69,450

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 many IU Bloomington students return and finish their degrees?

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

Returned the following fall: 90.4%
Completed within six years: 80.0%
Pell recipients completed within six years: 68.8%

Source: Indiana University-Bloomington 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?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $51,804
Median · reported: $74,511
Higher estimate: $106,245

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 IU Bloomington 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.

IU Bloomington graduates’ reported earnings are $5,061 above that expectation, the 71st 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 IU Bloomington caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at IU Bloomington report the highest earnings?

Business/Commerce is the largest program at Indiana University-Bloomington, with 2,132 degrees awarded and a median of $105,583 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #4 nationally in its field.

Computer and Information Sciences awards 416 degrees and shows a median of $98,539, with an Azimuth national rank of #49. The highest median belongs to Computer Science, at $114,199, though the program awarded only 144 degrees.

Among the larger programs, Public Administration reports a median of $77,422 and an Azimuth national rank of #2 on 448 degrees awarded, while Communication and Media Studies reaches $63,855 and ranks #43 nationally on 436 degrees awarded.

The university has 38 ranked bachelor's programs, and the largest by degrees awarded is Business/Commerce, with 2,132 degrees awarded and a national rank of #4. Graduates of that program earn a median of $105,583 four years after completion.

Public Administration ranks #2 nationally, awarded 448 degrees, and its graduates earn a median of $77,422. Computer and Information Sciences ranks #49, awarded 416 degrees, with median earnings of $98,539.

Kinesiology and Physical Education ranks #15, awarded 391 degrees, with median earnings of $68,675. Communication and Media Studies rounds out the largest programs, awarding 436 degrees, ranking #43, and its graduates earn a median of $63,855.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix show how earnings vary by field: the downside scenario sits at $51,804, the typical at $74,511, and the upside reaches $106,245. Among the largest programs, Computer Science reaches $114,199 at the high end, while Communication and Media Studies sits at $63,855 at the lower end.

At Indiana University-Bloomington, median earnings four years after completion are $74,511 among 6,406 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. That level is above the median at comparable institutions (same type and size) of $65,610 by $8,901, and Azimuth places it in the 83rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,061 more than the model expects for similar students, which Azimuth places in the 71st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios anchored on the university's program mix run from $51,804 on the downside to $106,245 on the upside, with a typical scenario of $74,511.

The model estimates graduate-school continuation at 28.4% of programs' graduates, a figure derived from program mix rather than observed enrollment.

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.