Azimuth places the return pillar for Louisiana Tech University at the 55th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $61,520, which is in the 56th percentile nationally.
That median is $4,219 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $260 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level, placing the gap at the 54th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $6,947. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,207.
The median for Louisiana Tech University graduates four years after finishing is $61,520, or $4,219 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That figure reflects 1,500 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, placing it at the 56th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $260 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. Earnings scenarios are estimated outcomes based on the program mix, not observed groups.
The earnings scenarios run from a downside of $42,050 through a typical $61,520 to an upside of $90,791. An estimated 28.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios span from downside to upside, showing a wider range than the median alone indicates.
At Louisiana Tech University, federally aided completers working and not enrolled earn a median of $61,520 four years after completion, placing them at the 56th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median lands $4,219 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions of the same type and size.
Among nonprofit four-year institutions, the university sits at #668 for return in Azimuth's ranking. Graduates earn about $260 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
That outcome falls at the 54th percentile for earnings beyond expectations 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 $6,947.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,207. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $3,790.
The program mix centers on Business, Engineering and Biological Sciences as the dominant fields of study. Estimated from the program mix, earnings scenarios run from $42,050 on the downside through $61,520 typically to $90,791 on the upside.
An estimated 28.1% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Program choice opens a wide range: the earnings scenarios run from $42,050 on the downside to $90,791 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the upper end, Engineering graduates earn $105,080 four years after completion, and Electrical Engineering graduates earn $99,526. The largest program, Biology, sits closer to the institutional median at $59,671.
Louisiana Tech University publishes a cost of attendance of $24,280. After grants and scholarships, aid recipients in the lowest income band pay an average net price of $7,676, and those in the highest band pay $16,207.
The spread between the two ends is $8,531. Borrowers who finish leave with a median of $22,135 in federal student loans.
That is $906 above the $21,229 median for comparable institutions. It corresponds to an estimated payment of $252 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $18,071 in Parent PLUS loans. Affordability is the university's strongest pillar, with net prices and debt that sit close to their peer benchmarks.