Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,509, at the 37th percentile. That is $594 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth places Simpson College at the 49th percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $3,872 less than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 40th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,671.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,543. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,196.
The schoolwide earnings marker at Simpson College is $56,509 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places that measure in the 37th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 492 completers.
The typical earnings scenario is $56,509, with a downside scenario of $47,653 and an upside scenario of $77,766. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups.
An estimated 30.0% continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, point in a less favorable direction.
Graduates earn about $3,872 less than the model expects for similar students. The broad scenario range and lower-than-expected earnings describe different parts of the return picture.
Return is Simpson College’s strongest Azimuth pillar, but its earnings figures sit below both comparable institutions and the model’s expectation. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $56,509 four years after completion, in the 37th percentile.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $55,915, leaving the college $594 above it. Graduates earn about $3,872 less than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 40th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,671.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,543. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,196.
Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $47,653 and the upside at $77,766. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 49th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The highest reported program median belongs to Computer and Information Sciences, with 14 degrees awarded and median earnings of $93,749 four years after completion. That figure is 1.01x the national median for its field.
Computer Science awarded 10 degrees and reports $91,318 at the same horizon, or 0.85x the national field median. Accounting had 17 degrees awarded and median earnings of $76,272, equal to 1.00x the national field median.
These field-level medians vary, so the college-wide earnings figure does not describe every program equally.
Program choice leaves a wide modeled earnings span at Simpson College. The downside earnings scenario is $47,653 and the upside scenario is $77,766; both are scenarios estimated from the program mix rather than observed groups.
Published program medians show different outcomes four years after completion: Computer and Information Sciences records $93,749, Computer Science records $91,318, and Accounting records $76,272. Individual fields can sit above the institutional upside scenario.
For borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt at Simpson College is $26,000. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $25,000, and the college’s figure is above it by $1,000.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $295 a month if repaid over ten years. Parent borrowers have median Parent PLUS debt of $23,702, a separate borrowing figure from student federal loans.
Graduates earn about $3,872 less than the model expects for similar students. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $21,936, which is below the peer median by $411.
Lower net price pulls in a different direction from debt above the peer median and earnings below expectations.