North Carolina A & T State University Earnings: $57K (2026)

How much do North Carolina A & T State University graduates earn?

The reported median is $56,996 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is -$8,614 per year.

Azimuth places the return for North Carolina A & T State University at the 35th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completion, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,996, in the 39th percentile.

That is $8,614 below the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $5,026 less than expects for similar students.

That places the gap at the 36th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $6,088.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $11,114. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $3,429.

Outcomes differ sharply by field, as the program-mix model spans lower- and higher-earning scenarios. The downside earnings scenario is $43,900 and the upside scenario is $93,798, both modeled from the program mix rather than observed groups.

Among programs, median earnings four years after completion are $109,537 in Chemical Engineering, $105,342 in Computer Science, and $98,567 in Computer Engineering. These program medians help explain the breadth of the modeled range.

An estimated 25.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. That estimate matters because four-year earnings cover federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, excluding graduates who remain in further study.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $56,996
Rank for difference from expectations: 36th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

North Carolina A & T State University reported median: $56,996
Peer schools comparable schools · $8,614 above North Carolina A & T State University: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $5,026 above North Carolina A & T State University: $62,022

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?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $43,900
Median · reported: $56,996
Higher estimate: $93,798

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 North Carolina A & T State 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.

North Carolina A & T State University graduates’ reported earnings are $5,026 below that expectation, the 36th 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 North Carolina A & T State University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at North Carolina A & T State University report the highest earnings?

At North Carolina A & T State University, program choice separates technical fields with higher earnings four years after completion from larger programs at more moderate levels. Computer Science records median earnings of $105,342 and 57 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #115 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Industrial Engineering posts $93,183 with 43 degrees awarded and an Azimuth rank of #57 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Business Administration and Management has median earnings of $60,863 four years after completion across 117 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #285 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Kinesiology and Physical Education records $42,978 and 120 degrees awarded, with an Azimuth national field rank of #211. The figures show a clear difference between the higher-earning technical programs and these more moderate-earning large programs.

North Carolina A & T State University has 27 nationally ranked bachelor's programs, and the strongest of them sit in engineering and technology fields. Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians ranks #4 in its field, with 22 degrees awarded and median earnings of $74,974 four years after completion.

The highest-earning program is Chemical Engineering, at $109,537 four years out. Azimuth ranks it #25 nationally and #2 in North Carolina, with 33 degrees awarded a year.

The largest program is Liberal Arts and General Studies, ranked #154 nationally and #5 in North Carolina, with 162 degrees awarded and median earnings of $45,367. Psychology and Communication and Media Studies follow, at 157 and 145 degrees respectively.

The best-paid programs are concentrated in engineering, while the largest programs sit in the liberal arts and social sciences.

Further analysis

The modeled range is wide enough that field choice matters: scenarios grounded in the program mix place downside earnings at $43,900, typical earnings at $56,996, and upside earnings at $93,798. At the upper end, Chemical Engineering reaches $109,537 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Kinesiology and Physical Education is lowest at $42,978. These earnings scenarios show variation by field rather than observed groups.

Among federally aided completers from North Carolina A & T State University who are working and not enrolled, median earnings are $56,996 four years after completion. That amount is $8,614 below the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The earnings cohort includes 2,410 completers, and the measure sits in the 39th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $5,026 less than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations measure the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students. That result is in the 36th percentile.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix span from $43,900 on the downside to $93,798 on the upside, with $56,996 as the typical outcome. An estimated 25.9% 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.