Although affordability is Siena Heights University's strongest pillar, return measures offer two reference points. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $62,131 four years after completion, in the 57th percentile.
That median stands $6,216 above the peer median of $55,915, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $359 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
Earnings beyond expectations—the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students—lands in the 53rd 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 $3,424.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $3,783. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 59th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The above-peer median and near-expected model result use different comparison points.
Siena Heights University graduates have earnings near the middle of the national distribution, with field choice shaping the modeled range. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $62,131 four years after completion.
In Azimuth’s coverage of nonprofit four-year institutions, that earnings measure sits in the 57th percentile and draws on an earnings cohort of 1,089 completers. Graduates earn about $359 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
The program-mix model gives a typical earnings scenario of $62,131, alongside a downside scenario of $47,069 and an upside scenario of $82,188. An estimated 25.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
The scenarios and graduate-study estimate show that post-college paths vary within the school-wide result.
Affordability is the strongest Azimuth pillar at Siena Heights University, but the return figures show both a favorable peer comparison and earnings close to the model’s expectation. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled had median earnings of $62,131 four years after completion, in the 57th percentile.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), was $55,915, and Siena Heights stood $6,216 above it. Graduates earn about $359 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 53rd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,424.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $3,783. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $47.
Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $47,069 in the downside scenario to $82,188 in the upside scenario. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 59th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The peer comparison is above its benchmark, while the model comparison is effectively level. Allied Health Professions is the largest listed field, with 73 degrees awarded and median earnings of $81,797 four years after completion, or 1.16x the national median for its field.
Criminal Justice awarded 62 degrees and had median earnings of $72,791 four years after completion, at 1.31x the national field median. Business Administration and Management awarded 67 degrees, with $57,316 in median earnings four years after completion and 0.84x the national median for its field.
The largest fields therefore span earnings and national field comparisons that point in different directions.
Earnings vary across Siena Heights University’s earnings scenarios and its larger programs. The downside scenario is $47,069, the typical scenario is $62,131, and the upside scenario reaches $82,188; these are earnings scenarios from the program mix, not observed graduate groups.
Four years after completion, median program earnings are $82,539 in Nursing, $81,797 in Allied Health Professions, and $72,791 in Criminal Justice. Those program results give the modeled range a concrete field-by-field context.
Siena Heights University pairs lower borrowing with a lower average net price than comparable institutions, while its earnings sit effectively at the model’s expected level. Borrowers who completed have median federal student loan debt of $18,750.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $25,000, making the university’s figure below it by $6,250. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $213 a month if repaid over ten years.
Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $17,124, which is below the $22,347 peer median by $5,223. Aid covers about 61% of the published cost for the average aid recipient.
Graduates earn about $359 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. Lower debt and net price point in the same direction, even though earnings are close to model expectations.