Graduates earn about $5,868 more than the model expects for similar students. That puts the gap at the 73rd percentile, and Azimuth places the university at the 58th percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $60,607, in the 53rd percentile nationally. That is $3,306 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $4,862. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $1,006. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,416.
The earnings picture centers on a median of $60,607 four years after completion for Northeastern Illinois University graduates. Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 53rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 1,859 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled.
Graduates earn about $5,868 more than the model expects for similar students. This is earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students.
Earnings scenarios based on the program mix provide typical, downside, and upside outcomes rather than results for observed groups. An estimated 29.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
The above-expected result and the earnings scenarios give context beyond the schoolwide median alone.
Northeastern Illinois University shows earnings above its peer median and above the model’s expectation, although its school-level median sits near the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $60,607, in the 53rd percentile.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; the university’s figure is $3,306 above it. Graduates earn about $5,868 more than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 73rd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $4,862.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $1,006. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,416.
Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $50,365 on the downside to $75,629 on the upside four years after completion. Azimuth ranks the university #620 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Computer Science is the largest listed field and has the highest listed earnings, with 111 degrees awarded and median earnings of $88,917 four years after completion. That median is 0.83x of the national median for its field.
Other sizeable fields have lower reported medians: Teacher Education awarded 109 degrees and reported $52,176, while Business Administration and Management awarded 60 degrees and reported $69,226. Accounting adds 73 degrees awarded with median earnings of $68,328.
The range across these fields gives context for the downside and upside scenarios.
Program choice matters here: earnings scenarios range from $50,365 in the downside case to $75,629 in the upside case four years after completion. These are scenarios from the program mix, not observed graduate groups.
At the higher end, Computer Science completers earn a median of $88,917 four years after completion; Business Administration and Management completers earn $69,226; and Marketing completers earn $69,011. Those field-level figures show the range behind the earnings scenarios.
At Northeastern Illinois University, borrowers who complete have median federal student loan debt of $14,600, below the $21,229 median at comparable institutions (same type and size). That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $166 a month if repaid over ten years.
Graduates earn about $5,868 more than the model expects for similar students. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $13,709 in the lowest income band; $12,824 in the lower-middle band; $15,077 in the middle band; $20,464 in the upper-middle band; and $25,001 in the highest income band.
Lower borrower debt and higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction, while the range in average net prices makes family income an important part of the cost picture.