At The University of Alabama, earnings sit above comparable peers, though the model places graduates effectively at its expected level. Azimuth puts the return pillar in the 78th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $70,439 four years after completion, in the 77th percentile. Graduates earn about $131 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
That earnings-beyond-expectations result is in the 55th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $12,603.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $12,472. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610; the university stands $4,829 above it.
For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, The University of Alabama posts median earnings of $70,439 four years after completion. Azimuth places that earnings figure in the 77th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 6,139 completers.
Graduates earn about $131 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. Earnings scenarios based on the program mix range from $49,034 in the downside scenario to $92,815 in the upside scenario, with $70,439 as the typical scenario.
An estimated 27.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The typical earnings scenario and the near-expected earnings result point to a graduate pay picture centered close to the model’s expectation.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $70,439, at the 77th percentile. That is $4,829 above the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks The University of Alabama #330 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $131 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
The gap sits at the 55th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $12,603.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $12,472. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $956.
The program mix tilts toward business and engineering, with a smaller STEM footprint overall. Earnings scenarios estimated from that mix range from a downside of $49,034 to an upside of $92,815.
An estimated 27.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Program choice shapes a wide modeled earnings range at the university. The downside earnings scenario is $49,034, whereas the upside scenario is $92,815; both are scenarios estimated from the program mix rather than observed groups.
Costs require attention alongside the earnings picture at The University of Alabama. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $22,420.
That average is above the $15,634 peer median at comparable institutions (same type and size), by $6,786. Aid covers about 33% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, but this is an average rather than a personal quote.
For borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt is $22,750, above the $20,076 peer median by $2,674. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $259 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parent PLUS borrowers, a separate population, have median borrowing of $48,666. Graduates earn about $131 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
Higher net price and debt than peers temper an earnings picture that effectively meets the model’s expectation.