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# Keene State College Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

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## How much do Keene State College graduates earn?

The reported median is $58,191 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $890 per year.

At Keene State College, mobility is its stronger pillar, but the return picture is uneven. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 31st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $8,033 less than the model expects for similar students. This earnings-beyond-expectations measure, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 25th 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 $1,759. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,792.

Median earnings are $58,191 four years after completion, in the 44th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; the college's figure is $890 above it. Those peer and model comparisons point in different directions.

The modeled range is wide, from $46,926 in the downside earnings scenario to $78,750 in the upside scenario, with $58,191 as the typical scenario. These scenarios are based on the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.

Among programs, median earnings four years after completion are $87,710 in Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians, $82,061 in Nursing, and $78,965 in Computer and Information Sciences. Those program results show why the earnings scenarios span a broad range.

Further study affects how the earnings figure should be read: an estimated 28.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so people continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

**Median earnings · four years after completion**
$58,191

**Rank for difference from expectations**
25th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

**Keene State College reported median**
$58,191

**Peer schools comparable schools · $890 below Keene State College**
$57,301

**Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $8,033 above Keene State College**
$66,224

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](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

## How many Keene State College first-year students return?

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

**Returned the following fall**
79.2%

Source: Keene State College Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention.

## How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $46,926 to $78,750, around the reported median of $58,191. Compare the lower scenario with [Keene State College borrowing and monthly payments](/school/keene-state-college/cost/) to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

**Lower estimate**
$46,926

**Median · reported**
$58,191

**Higher estimate**
$78,750

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](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. [Read about the move to four-year earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/).

## Do Keene State College 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](/methodology/#value-added).

Keene State College graduates’ reported earnings are $8,033 below that expectation, the 25th 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 Keene State College caused a student to earn. [Read how expected earnings are estimated](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

What explains value-added earnings?

**Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.**
+$1,759

**Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.**
\-$9,792

**Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.**
\-$8,033

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

## Which fields at Keene State College report the highest earnings?

At Keene State College, four-year earnings after completion vary enough across fields that the program selected shapes the return picture. Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians is at the higher end, with median earnings of $87,710 and 72 degrees awarded.

Nursing also posts $82,061 in median earnings, across 24 degrees awarded. More moderate outcomes appear in Psychology, where median earnings are $51,904 four years after completion and 66 degrees were awarded.

Teacher Education records $48,940 with 57 degrees awarded. The contrast between these fields shows that the school’s overall earnings figure can mask materially different program-level results.

Program outcomes vary widely, with Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians standing apart among the largest fields. Across 26 fields with published earnings data, it awarded 72 degrees and had median earnings of $87,710 four years after completion.

Psychology awarded 66 degrees, with median earnings of $51,904 four years after completion. Business Administration and Management awarded 61 degrees and shows $69,674; Teacher Education awarded 57 degrees and shows $48,940 at the same point. Field choice coincides with a broad earnings range.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

**Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians**
$87,710

**Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing**
$82,061

**Computer and Information Sciences, General**
$78,965

**Biology, General**
$72,593

**Business Administration, Management and Operations**
$69,674

**Economics**
$68,634

**Communication and Media Studies**
$63,995

**Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other**
$61,991

[Explore Keene State College program cohorts and field ranks](/school/keene-state-college/majors/#largest-cohorts) for more context.

## Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $46,926 on the downside through $58,191 as typical to $78,750 on the upside. Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians reaches $87,710 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Teacher Education is at $48,940. The spread shows substantial variation by field rather than observed groups.

The earnings picture is mixed for Keene State College: median earnings are $58,191 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places this earnings measure in the 44th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 1,211 completers.

Earnings scenarios based on the program mix place the downside at $46,926 and the upside at $78,750; the typical scenario matches the median. An estimated 28.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

[Earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/), the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, show a less favorable comparison. Graduates earn about $8,033 less than the model expects for similar students.

The median supplies an earnings level, while the model comparison is less favorable.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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](/about/).