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# Susquehanna University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

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## How much do Susquehanna University graduates earn?

The reported median is $58,506 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is \-$9,744 per year.

Susquehanna University’s return figures point to earnings below both the model’s expectation and the comparable-peer midpoint. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 28th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $13,562 less than the model expects for similar students. This [earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/) measure, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 11th 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 $1,393. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $14,955.

Median earnings four years after completion are $58,506, in the 45th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, leaving the university $9,744 below it. Both comparisons point to a weaker return picture.

The program mix points to a wide range of earnings scenarios at Susquehanna University. The downside earnings scenario is $46,105, and the upside scenario is $81,421 four years after completion; these are scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.

Program medians also differ: Accounting reaches $92,279, Economics reaches $82,999, and Marketing reaches $82,070 four years after completion. Those program results help explain the distance between the downside and upside scenarios.

An estimated 36.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. The four-year earnings measure covers completers who are working and not enrolled, so the estimate means that earnings snapshot leaves out graduates still pursuing further study.

**Median earnings · four years after completion**
$58,506

**Rank for difference from expectations**
11th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

**Susquehanna University reported median**
$58,506

**Peer schools comparable schools · $9,744 above Susquehanna University**
$68,250

**Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $13,562 above Susquehanna University**
$72,068

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](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

## How many Susquehanna University first-year students return?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

**Returned the following fall**
87.2%

Source: Susquehanna University Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention.

## How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $46,105 to $81,421, around the reported median of $58,506. Compare the lower scenario with [Susquehanna University borrowing and monthly payments](/school/susquehanna-university/cost/) to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

**Lower estimate**
$46,105

**Median · reported**
$58,506

**Higher estimate**
$81,421

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](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. [Read about the move to four-year earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/).

## Do Susquehanna University 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](/methodology/#value-added).

Susquehanna University graduates’ reported earnings are $13,562 below that expectation, the 11th 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 Susquehanna University caused a student to earn. [Read how expected earnings are estimated](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

What explains value-added earnings?

**Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.**
+$1,393

**Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.**
\-$14,955

**Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.**
\-$13,562

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

## Which fields at Susquehanna University report the highest earnings?

Program earnings at Susquehanna University span markedly different fields four years after completion. Accounting sits at the higher end, with median earnings of $92,279 and 19 degrees awarded.

Economics also posts median earnings of $82,999 from 8 degrees awarded. The larger programs show a more moderate range.

Biology records median earnings of $55,271 four years after completion, alongside 49 degrees awarded. Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies records $40,989 and 38 degrees awarded.

These figures show that the higher-earning business-oriented fields and the more moderate-earning biology and writing fields present different earnings pictures.

Business accounts for 24.8% of bachelor's degrees awarded, while the largest individual fields show a broad range of median earnings four years after completion. Psychology awarded 51 degrees and had median earnings of $47,367 four years after completion.

Biology awarded 49 degrees, with median earnings of $55,271. Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies awarded 38 degrees and showed median earnings of $40,989, whereas Marketing awarded 35 degrees and had median earnings of $82,070.

Business Administration and Management awarded 31 degrees, with median earnings of $67,304. The earnings range across these larger fields makes the choice of field especially consequential here.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

**Accounting and Related Services**
$92,279

**Economics**
$82,999

**Marketing**
$82,070

**Finance and Financial Management Services**
$79,899

**Computer and Information Sciences, General**
$73,494

**Business Administration, Management and Operations**
$67,304

**Neurobiology and Neurosciences**
$63,729

**Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication**
$61,423

[Explore Susquehanna University program cohorts and field ranks](/school/susquehanna-university/majors/#largest-cohorts) for more context.

## Further analysis

At Susquehanna University, earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix place downside earnings at $46,105, typical earnings at $58,506, and upside earnings at $81,421. Accounting reaches $92,279 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies is lowest at $40,989. The span points to substantial variation by field rather than observed groups.

Four years after completion, federally aided completers from Susquehanna University, a private nonprofit university in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, earn a median of $58,506. That median falls in the 45th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, drawn from an earnings cohort of 605 completers.

Graduates earn about $13,562 less than the model expects for similar students. [Earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/) measures the gap between actual pay and what the model predicts for similar students.

Earnings scenarios tied to the program mix outline typical earnings at $58,506, a downside scenario of $46,105, and an upside scenario of $81,421. An estimated 36.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The below-expected earnings and that placement both sit below the midpoint for nonprofit four-year institutions, while the upside scenario reflects the pay associated with higher-earning program clusters.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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](/about/).