Career outcomes brief

Indiana University-Kokomo Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

How much do Indiana University-Kokomo graduates earn?

The reported median is $54,618 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is -$2,683 per year.

Affordability is the strongest at Indiana University-Kokomo, but its return measure sits in the 38th percentile, according to Azimuth among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $1,622 less than expects for similar students.

That earnings beyond expectations measure—the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students—sits in the 49th 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 $4,290.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,912. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $618.

Four years after completion, median earnings are $54,618, in the 31st percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301, with earnings $2,683 below it. The below-peer median and modeled shortfall point the same way.

The earnings picture varies sharply across Indiana University-Kokomo’s program mix. Its downside earnings scenario is $42,663, and its upside scenario is $83,756; these scenarios describe possible outcomes from the program mix rather than observed groups.

Among higher-earning fields, median earnings four years after completion are $75,513 in Computer and Information Sciences, $73,678 in Allied Health Professions, and $63,018 in Biological and Physical Sciences. The scenario range reflects this spread across programs.

Further study affects how the four-year earnings figure should be read. An estimated 25.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Because earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that earnings measure.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $54,618
Rank for difference from expectations: 49th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Indiana University-Kokomo reported median: $54,618
Peer schools comparable schools · $2,683 above Indiana University-Kokomo: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $1,622 above Indiana University-Kokomo: $56,240

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: $42,663
Median · reported: $54,618
Higher estimate: $83,756

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 Indiana University-Kokomo 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.

Indiana University-Kokomo graduates’ reported earnings are $1,622 below that expectation, the 49th 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 Indiana University-Kokomo caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Indiana University-Kokomo report the highest earnings?

Health fields are the largest area of study at Indiana University-Kokomo, with Health Professions accounting for 30.3% of bachelor's degrees awarded. Business is the second-largest family at 22.9%.

Nursing is the largest single program, with 154 degrees awarded and median earnings of $83,756 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #172 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

The highest nationally ranked program is Biological and Physical Sciences, at #7 in its field. It awards 30 degrees a year and graduates earn a median of $63,018.

By contrast, Psychology is a moderate-earning field at $37,508, with 37 degrees awarded and a national rank of #344.

Indiana University-Kokomo has 7 nationally ranked bachelor's fields, led by a Biological and Physical Sciences program that Azimuth ranks #7 in its field nationally. That program awarded 30 degrees and its completers earned a median of $63,018 four years after completion.

The largest program is Nursing, with 154 degrees awarded. It is also the highest-earning, at $83,756, and Azimuth ranks it #172 in its field nationally.

Business/Commerce is the second-largest, at 86 degrees, and ranks #44 with median earnings of $60,496. The earnings picture varies by field.

Computer and Information Sciences graduates earned $75,513 from just 10 degrees, while Psychology awarded 37 degrees and its completers earned $37,508. The largest programs are not always the best-paid ones.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: $83,756
Computer and Information Sciences, General: $75,513
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions: $73,678
Biological and Physical Sciences: $63,018
Business/Commerce, General: $60,496
Criminal Justice and Corrections: $52,161
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities: $49,893
Communication and Media Studies: $46,136

Explore Indiana University-Kokomo program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

At Indiana University-Kokomo, Nursing marks the high end at $83,756 four years after completion, while Psychology is the lowest-earning large program at $37,508. The program-mix scenarios run from $42,663 on the downside to $54,618 as typical and $83,756 on the upside, showing how earnings vary by field.

Indiana University-Kokomo graduates who received federal aid and are working four years after completion earn a median of $54,618. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that median sits at the 31st percentile, measured from an earnings cohort of 711 completers.

That figure is $2,683 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $1,622 less than the model expects for similar students.

That outcome sits at the 49th percentile in the same set. Program-mix earnings scenarios run from a downside of $42,663 to an upside of $83,756, with $54,618 as the typical outcome.

The program mix suggests an estimated 25.2% of graduates go on to graduate study. The median falls short of both the peer figure and the model expectation, while the upside scenario runs much higher.

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.