The return picture at Indiana University-Northwest rests on above-peer earnings and earnings beyond expectations. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 54th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $1,922 more than the model expects for similar students, an earnings-beyond-expectations measure: the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students. That result is in the 62nd 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 $2,199. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $277.
Federally aided completers working and not enrolled earn a median $59,535 four years after completion, in the 49th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; earnings are $2,234 above it. Both comparisons point to the same return picture.
Indiana University-Northwest posts earnings near the middle of the national distribution, with median earnings of $59,535 four years after completion. This measure covers federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled.
Azimuth places the earnings measure in the 49th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 790 completers. The typical earnings scenario is $59,535, based on the program mix.
Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, adds a second lens. Graduates earn about $1,922 more than the model expects for similar students.
An estimated 29.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Middle-range reported earnings and above-expected earnings point in a similar direction.
At Indiana University-Northwest, earnings are above the comparable-institution median and above the model’s expectation for similar students. Four years after completion, the median for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled is $59,535, in the 49th percentile.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; the university’s median is $2,234 above it. Graduates earn about $1,922 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, is in the 62nd percentile. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 54th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $44,736 on the downside to $80,952 on the upside. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,199.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $277. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $262.
The peer comparison and model result point upward, although the attribution split is mixed. Program earnings range widely across the largest and highest-earning fields.
Allied Health Professions, the highest-earning program, awarded 25 degrees and had median earnings of $86,888 four years after completion, 1.23x the national median for its field. Nursing awarded 73 degrees, with median earnings of $82,626 and 0.93x the national field median.
Criminal Justice awarded 36 degrees and posted $58,155 in median earnings, 1.05x the national median for its field. Psychology awarded 56 degrees and had median earnings of $45,323, 0.89x the national field median.
At Indiana University-Northwest, earnings scenarios show a broad earnings span based on the program mix. The downside earnings scenario is $44,736, and the upside scenario is $80,952; these scenarios are models rather than observed groups of graduates.
Among higher-earning fields, Allied Health Professions has median earnings of $86,888 four years after completion. Nursing is at $82,626, and Dental Support Services and Allied Professions is at $67,468. Those field figures give the modeled range concrete context.
At Indiana University-Northwest, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $5,130. That is below the $14,068 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size), a difference of $8,938.
For federal-loan borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $21,710. It sits above the $21,229 median at comparable institutions (same type and size), by $481.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $247 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $1,922 more than the model expects for similar students.
The low average net price and above-expected earnings point in the same direction, though borrower debt is above the peer median.