Thomas Jefferson University Career Outcomes & Earnings

For Thomas Jefferson University, the return evidence centers on earnings that exceed the model’s expectation. Azimuth assigns the university’s return pillar a 96th percentile standing among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $25,499 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations—the difference between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students—stand in the 98th 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 $6,317. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $19,182.

Among federally aided completers working and not enrolled, median earnings are $87,195 four years after completion, a 93rd percentile placement. The peer median—the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size)—is $68,250, with the university $18,945 above it.

The model and peer measures both indicate earnings above their reference points.

The range of earnings scenarios is wide, so the field selected matters at Thomas Jefferson University. The downside earnings scenario is $59,381 and the upside scenario is $101,504, with $87,195 as the typical scenario; each is modeled from the program mix rather than an observed graduate group.

Among individual fields, median earnings four years after completion are $106,225 in Allied Health Professions, $99,839 in Nursing, and $74,992 in Business Administration and Management. Those figures give the modeled range a concrete shape across fields.

Graduate study matters when reading the four-year earnings figure. An estimated 27.7% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

The earnings measure covers completers who are working and not enrolled, leaving those who continue their education outside that snapshot.

Nursing has the highest earnings among these featured fields, making program choice especially consequential at Thomas Jefferson University. Its completers have median earnings of $99,839 four years after completion, and the program awarded 466 degrees.

Azimuth ranks it #46 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Health Sciences recorded $71,608 and awarded 138 degrees; Azimuth ranks it #12 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Architectural Sciences and Technology posted $68,760 across 52 degrees awarded and ranks #13 nationally by Azimuth. At the more moderate end, Design and Applied Arts had median earnings of $59,731 with 57 degrees awarded; Azimuth places it #39 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The earnings figures differ substantially across these fields.

Degree output is concentrated in Health Professions, which accounts for 69.2% of bachelor’s degrees awarded. Thomas Jefferson University has 8 nationally ranked bachelor’s fields.

Azimuth ranks Allied Health Professions #2 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions; it awarded 71 degrees, and median earnings were $106,225 four years after completion. Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations ranks #6, with 41 degrees awarded and $57,815 in median earnings four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology #10 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions; it awarded 21 degrees and shows median earnings of $56,119 four years after completion.