Southeast Missouri State University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Return is the weaker pillar at Southeast Missouri State University: Azimuth puts its return pillar in the 27th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $3,224 less than the model expects for similar students.

Azimuth places earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, in the 42nd 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 $4,540.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,764. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $797.

For federally aided completers working and not enrolled, median earnings are $51,502 four years after completion, in the 22nd percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; the university sits $5,799 below it.

Program choice makes a wide difference in the modeled earnings picture. The downside earnings scenario is $37,967 and the upside scenario is $77,643, both modeled from the program mix rather than observed groups.

Several fields show the upper end four years after completion: Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management has median earnings of $106,797, Computer and Information Sciences reaches $93,795, and Nursing reaches $85,155. These outcomes show why the modeled range is much wider than a single school-wide median.

An estimated 27.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings include federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, so this estimate matters when reading that median: people in further study are outside that earnings snapshot.

Program choice matters sharply at Southeast Missouri State University, where the higher-earning fields sit well apart from a large, moderate-earning field. Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management has median earnings of $106,797 four years after completion and 29 degrees awarded.

Computer and Information Sciences follows with $93,795 in median earnings and 41 degrees awarded. Nursing posts median earnings of $85,155 alongside 80 degrees awarded, placing it below the two computing fields but above the largest programs.

Teacher Education awarded 95 degrees and has median earnings of $37,245 four years after completion. The contrast shows that the school-level earnings figure can conceal substantial differences across fields.

Program choice carries a wide earnings range at this university, with technology and health fields appearing at the higher-earning end. Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management awarded 29 degrees and had median earnings of $106,797 four years after completion.

Computer and Information Sciences awarded 41 degrees, with median earnings of $93,795 at the same point. Nursing awarded 80 degrees and showed median earnings of $85,155 four years after completion.

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians awarded 27 degrees, and its median was $80,820. These fields sit well above the earnings reported for several of the university’s largest programs, so the intended field deserves close attention.