Temple University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Temple University's strongest pillar is mobility, not return, and the earnings picture reflects that. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 67th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Four years after completion, completers earn a median of $67,232, at the 71st percentile. That figure sits above the peer median of $65,610 for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $1,622.

Graduates earn about $803 less than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level, a result in the 52nd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,324.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,127. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,607.

The model's split shows the program mix helping while the institution's own effect pulls the other way.

The earnings scenarios at Temple University span from a downside of $48,495 to an upside of $92,313 four years after completion, a range that reflects the variation in program-level outcomes. The highest-earning programs show the upper end of that spread.

Management Science graduates earn a median of $104,311, Computer and Information Sciences completers reach $101,670, and Biomedical Engineering graduates earn $101,101. The typical earnings scenario of $67,232 sits closer to the middle of the range, reflecting the mix of programs that award the most degrees.

An estimated 27.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the university's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings reflect only those working and not enrolled, the median may not capture the outcomes of the estimated share who continue to graduate study.

The university's program mix spans high-earning technical fields and large-enrollment social sciences, with a wide spread in outcomes. Computer and Information Sciences is the highest-earning large program, with a median of $101,670 four years after completion and an Azimuth national rank of #55 on 319 degrees awarded.

Finance follows at $85,011 and a national rank of #71 (269 degrees awarded). By contrast, Psychology, the largest program with 334 degrees awarded, shows a median of $50,582 and ranks #171 nationally.

Biology sits between these poles: $72,134 and a national rank of #34 on 254 degrees awarded. The contrast between a six-figure technical field and a moderate-earning social science that awards more degrees shapes the university's overall return picture.

The earnings picture at Temple University depends heavily on the program a student chooses, and the university has 50 nationally ranked bachelor's fields to examine. Legal Professions and Studies is the strongest by rank, placed #2 in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions and first in Pennsylvania.

It awards 27 degrees and has median earnings of $60,714 four years after completion. Insurance follows at #6 nationally, awarding 150 degrees and posting median earnings of $92,555.

The largest programs show a wide spread. Psychology awards the most degrees at 334 a year, ranks #171 nationally, and its graduates earn a median of $50,582.

Computer and Information Sciences is the second-largest, awarding 319 degrees, ranked #55 nationally, with median earnings of $101,670. The highest-earning program, Management Science, reports a median of $104,311 from 49 degrees a year.