Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $53,563. That places the university at the 28th percentile nationally.
The figure is $3,738 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $4,099 less than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 39th percentile. Azimuth places the university at the 33rd percentile for return 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 $5,216. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,315.
Earnings four years after graduation at McNeese State University sit below the peer median, and the program mix points to a wide range of possible outcomes. Measured among 1,142 completers, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $53,563 four years after finishing.
That median falls $3,738 below the $57,301 mark set by comparable institutions (same type and size). Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that figure lands in the 28th percentile.
Earnings scenarios implied by the program mix run from $42,215 on the downside to $91,865 on the upside, with a typical scenario of $53,563. The program mix indicates that an estimated 27.2% of graduates continue to graduate study.
Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled show median earnings of $53,563, at the 28th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median falls $3,738 below the $57,301 figure for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks McNeese State University #984 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. They earn about $4,099 less than the model expects for similar students.
That result is at the 39th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,216.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,315. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $602.
Degrees awarded at the university cluster in health professions, business and liberal arts, with STEM fields making up a smaller part of the mix. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix run from a downside of $42,215 to an upside of $91,865.
An estimated 27.2% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a wide spread: the downside scenario is $42,215 and the upside is $91,865. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the upper end, Engineering graduates earn $107,319 four years after completion, from 32 degrees awarded. Nursing, the largest program, reports $85,928 on 134 degrees. Accounting follows at $67,331.
At McNeese State University, debt for completers runs $1,771 above the peer median for comparable institutions, while earnings fall short of the model's expectation. Graduates earn about $4,099 less than the model expects for similar students.
Borrowers who finish hold a median of $23,000 in federal debt. Private loans are not included in that figure.
Repaying that median if repaid over ten years would mean an estimated $261 a month. Parents who borrow through Parent PLUS hold a separate median of $13,410.
Earnings land below the model's prediction and debt sits above the peer median; return is the weakest pillar, while affordability is the strongest.