Tarleton State University presents a split return picture: graduates earn about $3,519 more than the model expects for similar students. That earnings-beyond-expectations measure, the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students, falls in the 67th percentile of nonprofit four-year institutions.
Azimuth puts the university’s return pillar at the 50th 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 $4,188.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $669. Median earnings four years after completion are $57,758, at the 42nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, with Tarleton State University $7,852 below it.
Tarleton State University graduates post median earnings of $57,758 four years after completion, giving the school a clear starting point for assessing pay after a degree. Azimuth places that earnings figure in the 42nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The measure covers an earnings cohort of 3,107 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Graduates earn about $3,519 more than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings scenarios based on the program mix range from $46,328 on the downside to $79,516 on the upside, with the typical scenario matching the median earnings. An estimated 24.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
The modeled expectation result is positive, although the earnings median sits in a lower national percentile.
Federally aided graduates of Tarleton State University earn a median of $57,758 four years after completion, placing the university in the 42nd percentile for earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median is $7,852 below the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size) nationally.
Azimuth ranks the university #735 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $3,519 more than the model expects for similar students.
This result falls at the 67th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions nationally. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $4,188.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $669. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $536.
Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, stretch from $46,328 on the downside to $79,516 on the upside. An estimated 24.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The underlying program mix spans business, agriculture, criminal justice, and health programs, with smaller clusters in technology and nursing.
Program choice matters substantially at the university: earnings scenarios run from $46,328 on the downside to $79,516 on the upside, rather than pointing to one uniform outcome. The typical modeled scenario is $57,758, and the range is consistent with varied pay across fields four years after completion.
At Tarleton State University, the debt and price figures point in different directions for families weighing cost. Borrowers who completed had median federal student loan debt of $19,606.
Among comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median was $20,076, placing Tarleton’s figure $470 below that benchmark. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $223 a month if repaid over ten years.
Graduates earn about $3,519 more than the model expects for similar students. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $20,783; the peer median is $15,634, with Tarleton’s price $5,149 above it.
Debt and earnings beyond expectations offer a different picture from the average net price.