For Lake Superior State University, modeled earnings run above expectations, even as its return standing sits nearer the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $1,858 more 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, is in the 62nd percentile. Azimuth places the university’s return pillar in the 45th 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 $1,873. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $15.
Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,687 four years after completion, in the 38th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $53,116; the university’s median is $3,571 above it.
At Lake Superior State University, graduates earn about $1,858 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 one favorable part of the outcomes picture.
Median earnings are $56,687 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places that median in the 38th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 397 completers.
The typical earnings scenario matches the observed median, while downside and upside scenarios run from $45,556 to $78,200. An estimated 28.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
Above-expected earnings coexist with a broad modeled range across program mixes.
Lake Superior State University graduates have median earnings of $56,687 four years after completion, placing those earnings in the 38th percentile. At comparable institutions, the same-control and size-band peer median—the middle value for that group—is $53,116, and the university stands $3,571 above it.
Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, are in the 62nd percentile. Graduates earn about $1,858 more than the model expects for similar students.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,873. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $15.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,772. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix place the downside at $45,556 and the upside at $78,200.
Azimuth ranks the university #807 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Mechanical Engineering posts the highest median among the listed programs, at $90,216 four years after completion, with 21 degrees awarded.
At Lake Superior State University, earnings scenarios span from $45,556 on the downside to $78,200 on the upside, with $56,687 as the typical scenario. These are earnings scenarios based on program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
Selected field medians four years after completion are $90,216 in Mechanical Engineering, $70,959 in Nursing, and $60,167 in Accounting. Those field results put the wider scenario range in practical context.
At Lake Superior State University, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $12,822. That figure is level with the peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Borrowers who completed had median federal student loan debt of $23,250. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $19,500, placing the university above it by $3,750.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $264 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $1,858 more than the model expects for similar students.
A peer-level net price and above-expected earnings point favorably, while borrower debt sits above the peer median.