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Long Island University Career Outcomes & Earnings

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How much do Long Island University graduates earn?

The reported median is $74,905 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $6,655 per year.

Return is the strongest , at the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Median earnings four years after completion are $74,905 for federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled, in the 83rd percentile.

That sits $6,655 above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Azimuth ranks the university #179 for return.

Its graduates earn about $16,272 more than expects for similar students, putting the gap at the 93rd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $4,945.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $11,327. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $289.

At Long Island University, program choice leaves a wide modeled earnings range rather than a single outcome. The downside earnings scenario is $46,136 and the upside scenario is $127,572; both are scenarios estimated from the program mix.

Among 23 programs with published earnings data, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration posts $136,840, Nursing posts $118,331, and Allied Health Professions posts $107,539, all four years after completion.

An estimated 27.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so this estimate matters when reading the earnings figure.

Median earnings · four years after completion
$74,905
Rank for difference from expectations
93rd percentile
Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks
Long Island University reported median
$74,905
Peer schools comparable schools · $6,655 below Long Island University
$68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $16,272 below Long Island University
$58,633

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?

The planning scenarios range from $46,136 to $127,572, around the reported median of $74,905. Compare the lower scenario with Long Island University borrowing and monthly payments 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
$46,136
Median · reported
$74,905
Higher estimate
$127,572

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 Long Island University 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.

Long Island University graduates’ reported earnings are $16,272 above that expectation, the 93rd 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 Long Island University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$4,945
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
+$11,327
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$16,272

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

Which fields at Long Island University report the highest earnings?

Program-level earnings at Long Island University vary markedly, with several fields reporting high medians four years after completion. Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration reports median earnings of $136,840 and 176 degrees awarded, while Nursing reports $118,331 with 478 degrees awarded.

Allied Health Professions has median earnings of $107,539 four years after completion and 54 degrees awarded. In a more moderate-earning field, Computer and Information Sciences reports $77,461 and 8 degrees awarded.

The figures show a wide range across these fields, with the first three programs reporting higher medians than the computer field.

Published earnings data cover 23 bachelor’s programs, with several health-related fields posting the highest figures. Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration awarded 176 degrees and had median earnings of $136,840 four years after completion.

Nursing, the largest program, awarded 478 degrees and shows $118,331 at that horizon. Allied Health Professions awarded 54 degrees, with median earnings of $107,539 four years after completion.

Business Administration and Management awarded 83 degrees and reports $66,231. The contrast across these fields makes the specific program an important part of the earnings picture.

Highest reported four-year program earnings
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
$136,840
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$118,331
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
$107,539
Computer and Information Sciences, General
$77,461
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
$75,502
Accounting and Related Services
$67,733
Health and Medical Administrative Services
$66,243
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$66,231

Explore Long Island University program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Field choice makes the modeled earnings range at Long Island University broad. Grounded in the program mix, the downside earnings scenario is $46,136, the typical scenario is $74,905, and the upside scenario is $127,572, four years after completion.

Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration anchors the high end at $136,840, while Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions is lowest among the largest programs at $39,038. The spread shows how modeled earnings vary by field.

Long Island University graduates who received federal aid and are working four years after completion earn a median of $74,905. The median is $6,655 above what graduates earn at comparable institutions (same type and size).

That figure is at the 83rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on a cohort of 2,094 completers. Graduates earn about $16,272 more than the model expects for similar students.

That places the earnings gap at the 93rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a typical earnings scenario of $74,905, a downside scenario of $46,136 and an upside scenario of $127,572.

An estimated 27.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

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.