Roosevelt University Outcomes: $59K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Roosevelt University graduates earn?

The reported median is $58,796 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is -$9,454 per year.

Median earnings for Roosevelt University completers who are working and not enrolled four years after completion are $58,796. That places them in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

That figure sits $9,454 below the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), of $68,250. Yet graduates earn about $8,184 more than expects for similar students, a result in the 79th percentile.

The university's return falls in the 55th 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 $4,550.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $3,634. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $282.

The modeled earnings range at Roosevelt University is wide enough that field choice deserves close attention. The downside earnings scenario is $43,336, and the upside scenario is $72,367; both are scenarios estimated from the program mix rather than observed graduate groups.

Four years after completion, median earnings are $75,716 in Nursing, $70,005 in Business/Corporate Communications, and $69,720 in Finance. Those field-level results help show what sits near the higher end of the modeled range.

The four-year earnings figure applies only to completers who are working and not enrolled. At Roosevelt University, an estimated 29.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

That estimated continuation share is a qualifier when reading earnings for the full set of completers.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $58,796
Rank for difference from expectations: 79th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Roosevelt University reported median: $58,796
Peer schools comparable schools · $9,454 above Roosevelt University: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $8,184 below Roosevelt University: $50,612

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: $43,336
Median · reported: $58,796
Higher estimate: $72,367

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 Roosevelt 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.

Roosevelt University graduates’ reported earnings are $8,184 above that expectation, the 79th 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 Roosevelt University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Roosevelt University report the highest earnings?

At Roosevelt University, the listed fields span higher and more moderate median earnings four years after completion, making the program view more specific than a schoolwide figure. Nursing reports median earnings of $75,716 and 31 degrees awarded.

Business/Corporate Communications follows with median earnings of $70,005 across 17 degrees awarded. Finance had median earnings of $69,720 four years after completion, with 20 degrees awarded.

At the more moderate end, Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft recorded $37,748 in median earnings and 40 degrees awarded. The listed arts field sits below the three higher-earning fields in this program snapshot.

Program choice matters here because the largest fields post different median earnings four years after completion. Business accounts for 32.6% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, and its largest fields span a wide set of earnings figures.

Among the largest fields with published earnings, Psychology awarded 64 degrees and had median earnings of $52,049 four years after completion; Biology awarded 43 degrees and had median earnings of $63,274; Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft awarded 40 degrees and had median earnings of $37,748; Criminal Justice awarded 37 degrees and had median earnings of $63,081; and Accounting awarded 36 degrees and had median earnings of $65,839.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $43,336 in the downside scenario to $58,796 in the typical scenario and $72,367 in the upside scenario. Nursing reaches $75,716 four years after completion, while Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, the lowest-earning of the largest programs with published earnings, is at $37,748. The spread shows substantial variation by field.

Roosevelt University has a middle-range earnings result: federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled report median earnings of $58,796 four years after completion. Azimuth places that measure in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 1,802 completers.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, offers a more favorable view. Graduates earn about $8,184 more than the model expects for similar students.

The typical scenario aligns with the reported median, while the downside and upside scenarios put earnings at $43,336 and $72,367. An estimated 29.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Above-expected earnings sit alongside a broad scenario range and varied post-completion paths.

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.