Saint Mary's College presents an earnings picture that is stronger than its peer comparison. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 78th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $69,406 four years after completion, placing earnings in the 75th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $55,915; the college's median is $13,491 above it.
The return percentile and peer comparison point in the same favorable direction.
Graduate earnings at Saint Mary's College sit toward the higher end of nonprofit four-year institutions. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $69,406 four years after completion.
Azimuth places that measure in the 75th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 387 completers. The typical earnings scenario matches the reported median, while the downside scenario is $50,058 and the upside scenario is $83,511.
These are earnings scenarios based on the program mix, not observed groups of graduates. An estimated 32.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The scenario range shows that earnings differ across fields.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Saint Mary's College who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $69,406. That figure is $13,491 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), placing the university's median earnings in the 75th percentile.
The return picture is grounded in the program mix: earnings scenarios range from a downside of $50,058 to an upside of $83,511. An estimated 32.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
Azimuth ranks the university #328 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings profile shows a degree mix concentrated in fields with varied payoffs.
The largest programs are in health professions and business, and the highest-earning fields sit well above the overall median, while others, like education, sit below it. The spread between the largest program's earnings and the highest-earning program's is wide, and the overall median sits below both of them.
The modeled earnings range at Saint Mary's College is broad across its program mix. The downside earnings scenario is $50,058 and the upside scenario is $83,511; these are scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.
Program medians also vary four years after completion: Accounting posts $98,107, Nursing posts $80,396, and Political Science posts $74,623. These field-level medians sit across a wide span of earnings.
At Saint Mary's College, the cost-and-debt picture deserves as much attention as the earnings record. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $27,000.
It is above the $25,000 peer median at comparable institutions (same type and size), by $2,000. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $307 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parent borrowers using Parent PLUS have median debt of $48,565. Four years after completion, median earnings are $69,406, above the peer median by $13,491.
The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $25,292, which is above the peer median by $2,945. Aid covers about 62% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. The figures place earnings, borrowing, and price on the same decision sheet.