Tarleton State University Career Outcomes & Earnings

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.

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 the higher-earning end, Computer Science completers have median earnings of $102,423, Nursing completers earn $89,677, and Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians completers earn $87,678 four years after completion. These program medians sit at the higher-earning end of the scenario range.

Graduate study matters when reading the earnings snapshot. An estimated 24.3% 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 they do not include those continuing their education.

Program-level results show a wide earnings range four years after completion, separating higher-earning fields from more moderate ones. Nursing records median earnings of $89,677 from 168 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks the program #160 among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Business/Commerce shows $66,572 with 229 degrees awarded; Azimuth places it #22 among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. At the more moderate end, Music has median earnings of $56,671 across 21 degrees awarded and an Azimuth rank of #23 among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

These figures show that earnings differ substantially across the fields represented here.

Tarleton State University has 20 bachelor’s fields with Azimuth national ranks, with several programs appearing near the front of their fields. Azimuth ranks Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians #8 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field; it awarded 52 degrees and its completers had median earnings of $87,678 four years after completion.

Business/Commerce ranks #22 nationally in its field, awarded 229 degrees, and shows $66,572 in median earnings four years after completion. Music ranks #23 nationally in its field, with 21 degrees awarded and median earnings of $56,671 four years after completion.