Minnesota State University Moorhead Career Outcomes & Earnings

Return is the weaker part of the picture at Minnesota State University Moorhead, even though affordability is its strongest pillar. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 22nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $11,834 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sit in the 14th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $4,082. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $15,916.

Median earnings are $55,083 four years after completion, in the 33rd percentile. That is $2,218 below the peer median of $57,301 at comparable institutions, the middle value for institutions with the same type and size.

Earnings vary across fields, so the model offers a range rather than a single outcome. Its downside earnings scenario is $44,539, compared with $55,083 in the typical scenario and $76,306 in the upside scenario.

Across 23 programs with published earnings data, Construction Management shows median earnings of $93,431 four years after completion, Nursing shows $86,563, and Information Science/Studies shows $74,016. These field figures show why the schoolwide median cannot describe every outcome.

An estimated 26.8% 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 school-wide median: some graduates pursuing further study are outside that earnings snapshot.

At Minnesota State University Moorhead, program-level earnings vary enough that a schoolwide figure can obscure the difference between higher- and moderate-earning fields. Construction Management posts median earnings of $93,431 four years after completion, alongside 21 degrees awarded.

Nursing follows with $86,563 and 85 degrees awarded. The larger programs show a different middle range.

Business Administration and Management records $64,466 in median earnings four years after completion and 141 degrees awarded, while Teacher Education records $45,142 and 86 degrees awarded. The spread across these fields makes program choice central to reading the return picture.

Program-level figures show that outcomes differ across fields, so the collegewide earnings number is only a starting point. The published medians below are for completers four years after completion and pair each field’s earnings with degrees awarded in one academic year.

Construction Management awarded 21 degrees and had median earnings of $93,431. Nursing awarded 85 degrees and had median earnings of $86,563.

Information Science/Studies awarded 15 degrees and had median earnings of $74,016. These fields give a more specific view of the earnings range than a schoolwide figure alone.