Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia: Outcomes

How much do Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia graduates earn?

The reported median is $84,010 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $15,760 per year.

Return is a clear strength at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia, whose return sits in the 91st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn median earnings of $84,010 four years after completion, in the 91st percentile.

Graduates earn about $3,501 more than expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 67th 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 $8,396. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $4,895.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, with Saint Joseph's $15,760 above it. Above-peer earnings and higher-than-expected earnings point the same way.

Earnings differ across the modeled program mix, so the schoolwide result does not describe every field. The downside scenario is $60,038, and the upside scenario is $103,667; these are earnings scenarios rather than observed groups.

Four years after completion, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration has median earnings of $122,633, Computer Science reaches $110,178, and Insurance reaches $101,930. Those program medians give the modeled span practical context.

Graduate study is part of the context for the earnings figure: an estimated 29.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so people continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $84,010
Rank for difference from expectations: 67th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia reported median: $84,010
Peer schools comparable schools · $15,760 below Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $3,501 below Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia: $80,509

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: $60,038
Median · reported: $84,010
Higher estimate: $103,667

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 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia 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.

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia graduates’ reported earnings are $3,501 above that expectation, the 67th 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 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia report the highest earnings?

Business accounts for 46.4% of degrees awarded, and earnings differ sharply across the university’s larger and higher-earning fields. Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration has median earnings of $122,633 four years after completion, alongside 92 degrees awarded.

Computer Science posts $110,178 with 16 degrees awarded, placing it at the higher end of the program results. Finance combines $96,993 in median earnings four years after completion with 128 degrees awarded.

At a more moderate earnings level, Marketing records $78,522 and 119 degrees awarded. The contrast shows that field choice matters even among programs that award substantial numbers of degrees.

Business accounts for 46.4% of bachelor’s degrees awarded at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia, making it the school’s largest program family. Among its largest bachelor’s programs, median earnings four years after completion vary across fields.

Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations awarded 144 degrees and had median earnings of $80,764; Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences awarded 129 degrees and had median earnings of $85,690; Management Science awarded 129 degrees and had median earnings of $96,930; Finance awarded 128 degrees and had median earnings of $96,993; and Marketing awarded 119 degrees and had median earnings of $78,522. The largest fields therefore show a wide range of early-career earnings.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix show a wide field-by-field range: the downside scenario is $60,038, the typical scenario is $84,010, and the upside scenario is $103,667. Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration has median earnings of $122,633 four years after completion, compared with Marketing at $78,522. The spread shows why field choice matters when reading the school-wide figure.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $84,010 at Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia. Azimuth places that earnings figure in the 91st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 2,564 completers.

Earnings scenarios, estimated from the university's program mix, show a range from a downside of $60,038 to an upside of $103,667. The typical scenario lands at the same median.

An estimated 29.0% 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.