Graduates of Indiana University-East earn median 4-year earnings of $58,030, placing Indiana University-East in the 33.0 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $4,540 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing the institution in the 38.4 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Indiana University-East #829 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Program outcomes vary by major. Business Administration, Management and Operations reports 158 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $62,886, ranked #190 nationally in its major. Psychology, General reports 136 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $49,596, ranked #179 nationally in its major. Mathematics reports 77 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $71,223, ranked #57 nationally in its major. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing reports 75 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $82,212, ranked #235 nationally in its major.
Graduates of Indiana University-East earn median 4-year earnings of $58,030, placing Indiana University-East in the 33.0 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $4,540 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing the institution in the 38.4 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Indiana University-East #829 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Program outcomes vary by major. Business Administration, Management and Operations reports 158 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $62,886, ranked #190 nationally in its major. Psychology, General reports 136 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $49,596, ranked #179 nationally in its major. Mathematics reports 77 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $71,223, ranked #57 nationally in its major. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing reports 75 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $82,212, ranked #235 nationally in its major.
Latest FE earnings field: 10-year
Lower quartile, 10-year field
How graduate earnings grow across the currently available FE horizons.
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Healthy debt burden. Most graduates can manage $18,000 in debt with typical earnings.
Graduates of Indiana University-East earn median 4-year earnings of $58,030, placing Indiana University-East in the 33.0 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $4,540 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing the institution in the 38.4 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Indiana University-East #829 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Program outcomes vary by major. Business Administration, Management and Operations reports 158 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $62,886, ranked #190 nationally in its major. Psychology, General reports 136 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $49,596, ranked #179 nationally in its major. Mathematics reports 77 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $71,223, ranked #57 nationally in its major. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing reports 75 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $82,212, ranked #235 nationally in its major.
Program mix and student pathways explain much of the earnings story.
Indiana University-East's program mix is anchored in Business, with meaningful enrollment in health, education, and liberal arts fields — a portfolio shaped by the institution's identity as a regional public university serving students in east-central Indiana. The largest programs by graduate count are Business Administration, Psychology, General, Mathematics, Nursing, and Teacher Education, together representing the core of what Indiana University-East delivers to its regional labor market. Across 20 programs, 10 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold, serving roughly 752 students annually. The program with the strongest combination of scale and earnings is Business Administration, which anchors the institution's financial outcomes by pairing meaningful graduate volume with competitive four-year earnings. Among the highest-earning programs, Nursing leads with median earnings of $82,212 four years after enrollment — Azimuth ranks Nursing #246 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Mathematics follows with median earnings of $71,223, and Azimuth ranks that program #52 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Business Administration rounds out the top-earning tier with median earnings of $62,886, ranked #180 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions — a result that reflects the institution's applied, workforce-oriented curriculum in that field. The program mix at Indiana University-East skews toward direct-to-workforce pathways rather than graduate-school-dependent fields. Business, health, and education programs — the institution's dominant clusters — are fields where graduates typically enter regional labor markets within a year of completing their degrees, and four-year earnings figures reflect those outcomes directly. The Business family accounts for 22% of graduates, Education for 7%, and Social Sciences for 3%, together defining the institution's applied-professional signature. For context on how these program families align with regional and national labor-market demand, see .
Upper quartile, 10-year field
Graduates of Indiana University-East earn median 4-year earnings of $58,030, placing Indiana University-East in the 33.0 percentile for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $4,540 less than similar students at comparable institutions, placing the institution in the 38.4 percentile for earnings beyond expectations among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Indiana University-East #829 for return on investment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Program outcomes vary by major. Business Administration, Management and Operations reports 158 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $62,886, ranked #190 nationally in its major. Psychology, General reports 136 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $49,596, ranked #179 nationally in its major. Mathematics reports 77 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $71,223, ranked #57 nationally in its major. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing reports 75 graduates and median 4-year earnings of $82,212, ranked #235 nationally in its major.
