Mercer University offers a comparatively strong return picture, with earnings above its peer benchmark four years after completion. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 75th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $3,977 more than the model expects for similar students. That earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 68th 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 $8,053. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $4,076.
Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $71,870 four years after completion, placing earnings in the 79th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, and Mercer University is $3,620 above it. Above-peer earnings and higher-than-expected earnings point the same way.
Mercer University posts median earnings of $71,870 four years after completion among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. The earnings measure draws on a cohort of 1,683 completers.
Azimuth places the measure in the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, offers another lens.
Graduates earn about $3,977 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios from the program mix run from $50,941 on the downside to $86,658 on the upside; the typical scenario aligns with the observed median.
An estimated 31.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The above-expected earnings result and the typical scenario point in the same direction.
At Mercer University, median earnings four years after completion are $71,870 among federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled. That figure falls in the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The university sits $3,620 above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Azimuth ranks the university #364 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Those graduates earn about $3,977 more than the model expects for similar students. That places the gap at the 68th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,053. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $4,076.
Inside the measured factors, the STEM component adds $2,937. The program mix centers on health professions, engineering and business fields.
The downside and upside earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, are $50,941 and $86,658. An estimated 31.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Mercer University has a wide modeled earnings range across its program mix, from a downside scenario of $50,941 to an upside scenario of $86,658 four years after completion. These are scenarios, not observed groups of graduates.
Among higher-earning fields, Engineering has median earnings of $88,413 four years after completion, Nursing posts $85,030, and Computer and Information Sciences reaches $80,937. Those field medians coincide with the broad spread in the earnings scenarios.
Graduates earn about $3,977 more than the model expects for similar students. The median four-year earnings of $71,870 sit above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Borrowers who finish hold a median of $24,199 in federal student loans. That figure is level with the peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $275 a month. The earnings advantage and the borrowing load sit side by side.
A student looking at Mercer University should weigh the above-expected earnings against a debt level that matches the peer midpoint.