Graduates of Pomona College earn a median of $77,544 four years after completion, which is $21,629 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Azimuth places the return pillar in the 93rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The median earnings figure sits at the 86th percentile.
Four years after completing a degree, the median earnings for federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled is $77,544. That figure is $21,629 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), and Azimuth places it in the 86th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The earnings cohort is 177 completers. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the university's program mix, range from a downside of $48,532 to an upside of $156,577, with a typical scenario of $77,544.
An estimated 36.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The median for federally aided graduates four years after completion is $77,544, at the 86th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median sits $21,629 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks Pomona College #97 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Degrees cluster in Social Sciences, Biological Sciences and Computer & Information Sciences.
Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix run from $48,532 to $156,577. An estimated 36.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. The median is drawn from 177 completers in the four-year earnings cohort.
The earnings scenarios show a wide spread: the downside scenario is $48,532, while the upside scenario reaches $156,577. At the higher end, Computer Science graduates report median earnings of $217,051 four years after completion, from 50 degrees awarded a year.
Economics graduates earn $96,702, from 47 degrees a year. The two programs with published earnings data sit at opposite ends of the earnings range.
The published cost of attendance is $85,300 (an average across living arrangements), but aid covers about 77% of that for the average aid recipient. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $19,285, which is $3,062 below the median for comparable institutions.
Borrowers who finish carry a median of $11,782 in federal student loans. That is below the peer median of $25,000.
If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $134 a month. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $27,861 in Parent PLUS loans.