Indiana University-East Career Outcomes & Earnings

At Indiana University-East, affordability is its strongest pillar, whereas return is its weakest. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 44th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $5,609 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 34th 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 $1,054. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $6,663.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $58,030 four years after completion, in the 44th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; this is $729 above that benchmark. The peer comparison and model result point in different directions.

Program choice can put earnings on different paths at Indiana University-East, and individual field results do not always fit within the modeled scenario bounds. The downside, typical, and upside earnings scenarios are $47,445, $58,030, and $76,039; they describe scenarios based on program mix rather than observed groups.

Median earnings four years after completion are $82,212 in Nursing, $71,223 in Mathematics, and $66,597 in Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies. The published field medians extend both within and beyond the modeled range.

Graduate study affects how the earnings figure should be read: an estimated 31.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Earnings measured four years after completion include federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing study are outside that snapshot.

The largest programs at Indiana University-East show a clear split between fields that pay well and those that award the most degrees. Business Administration and Management is the biggest, with 158 degrees awarded and median earnings of $62,886 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks it #191 nationally in its field. Nursing graduates earn the most among the large programs, at $82,212, with an Azimuth national rank of #257 and 75 degrees awarded.

Mathematics is close behind, with earnings of $71,223 and 77 degrees awarded. Azimuth ranks it #57 nationally.

Psychology awards 136 degrees, ranks #178 nationally, and its graduates earn $49,596. Teacher Education is similar in scale, with 53 degrees awarded and earnings of $47,103.

The earnings range across these programs is wide, and the highest-earning fields are not the ones awarding the most degrees.

Indiana University-East has 8 nationally ranked bachelor's programs, with earnings that vary widely by field. The two largest degree families are Business at 22.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded and Psychology at 18.1%.

The best nationally ranked program is Mathematics, which Azimuth ranks #57 within its field. It awards 77 degrees a year and its completers earn a median of $71,223 four years out.

Liberal Arts and General Studies ranks #94 nationally, with 39 degrees awarded and median earnings of $53,389. The highest-paid program is Nursing, at $82,212 four years after completion, with 75 degrees awarded and a national rank of #257.

The largest program, Business Administration and Management, awards 158 degrees a year, ranks #191 nationally, and reports median earnings of $62,886. A student drawn to the largest programs should know that the best-paid and best-ranked ones sit elsewhere.