Simpson College Career Outcomes: $57K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Simpson College graduates earn?

The reported median is $56,509 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $594 per year.

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 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.

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.

An estimated 30.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so this estimate matters when reading the reported earnings: people continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $56,509
Rank for difference from expectations: 40th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Simpson College reported median: $56,509
Peer schools comparable schools · $594 below Simpson College: $55,915
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $3,872 above Simpson College: $60,381

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: $47,653
Median · reported: $56,509
Higher estimate: $77,766

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 Simpson College 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.

Simpson College graduates’ reported earnings are $3,872 below that expectation, the 40th 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 Simpson College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Simpson College report the highest earnings?

Program earnings at Simpson College differ sharply by field, making the choice of degree central to the return picture. Four years after completion, Computer and Information Sciences had median earnings of $93,749 across 14 degrees awarded.

Accounting recorded $76,272 with 17 degrees awarded, and Business Administration and Management posted $69,958 across 40 degrees awarded. At a more moderate earnings level, Liberal Arts and General Studies showed $46,237 four years after completion and 20 degrees awarded.

The higher-earning computing, accounting, and business fields sit alongside a larger liberal-arts field with a lower median, showing that outcomes vary materially across the programs represented here.

Computing programs sit at the upper end of the published earnings picture at Simpson College. Published four-year earnings data cover 12 bachelor’s fields.

Computer and Information Sciences awarded 14 degrees and had median earnings of $93,749 four years after completion. Computer Science awarded 10 degrees, with median earnings of $91,318 four years after completion.

Accounting awarded 17 degrees and had median earnings of $76,272 four years after completion. Business Administration and Management awarded 40 degrees and had median earnings of $69,958 four years after completion.

Mathematics awarded 10 degrees and had median earnings of $65,097 four years after completion. The earnings picture varies by field, with computing at the upper end of this group.

Further analysis

Program-mix earnings scenarios range from a downside of $47,653 to a typical outcome of $56,509 and an upside of $77,766. Computer and Information Sciences is the high end at $93,749 four years after completion, while Liberal Arts and General Studies is the lowest-earning large program at $46,237. The spread shows that the field selected matters to the modeled range.

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.

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.