Truman State University Outcomes: $57K Earnings (2026)

How much do Truman State University graduates earn?

The reported median is $56,947 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is -$354 per year.

Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled from Truman State University have median earnings of $56,947. That median is $354 below the peer median of $57,301, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), and falls in the 39th percentile.

For earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what expects for similar students, graduates earn about $2,069 less than the model expects for similar students. The result is in the 47th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,339. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,408.

On Azimuth’s return , the university is in the 48th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Fields at Truman State University span a broad modeled earnings range, so the school-wide median masks differences by field. The downside earnings scenario is $44,511 and the upside scenario is $82,865, both modeled from the program mix rather than observed groups.

Four years after completion, program medians are $84,515 in Accounting, $77,315 in Nursing, and $70,633 in Business Administration and Management. These field results put concrete examples at the higher end of the modeled range.

An estimated 32.3% 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 those continuing their education are outside that snapshot; this limits how broadly the earnings figure describes all completers.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $56,947
Rank for difference from expectations: 47th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Truman State University reported median: $56,947
Peer schools comparable schools · $354 above Truman State University: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $2,069 above Truman State University: $59,016

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $44,511
Median · reported: $56,947
Higher estimate: $82,865

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Truman State University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Truman State University graduates’ reported earnings are $2,069 below that expectation, the 47th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Truman State University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Truman State University report the highest earnings?

Among the larger programs at Truman State University, earnings differ markedly four years after completion, making field choice central to the return picture. Accounting sits at the higher end, with median earnings of $84,515 and 62 degrees awarded.

Nursing also posts higher earnings of $77,315 across 50 degrees awarded. The more moderate-earning fields still cover sizable portions of the program mix.

Business Administration and Management records $70,633 four years after completion and 96 degrees awarded, while Biology records $61,647 with 79 degrees awarded. The contrast between accounting and nursing on one side and business and biology on the other shows that earnings vary materially across the university's prominent fields.

Business is the largest program family, accounting for 16.4% of bachelor’s degrees awarded. The largest fields show different median earnings four years after completion for their completers.

Business Administration and Management awarded 96 degrees, with median earnings of $70,633. Biology awarded 79 degrees and shows $61,647 in median earnings.

Kinesiology and Physical Education awarded 78 degrees, with median earnings of $55,213. Accounting awarded 62 degrees and shows $84,515. Nursing awarded 50 degrees, with median earnings of $77,315.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $44,511, the typical outcome at $56,947, and the upside at $82,865. Accounting, the highest-earning program, has median earnings of $84,515 four years after completion; among the largest programs with published earnings, Kinesiology and Physical Education is lowest at $55,213. The spread shows how much earnings vary by field.

Graduate earnings at Truman State University show a typical outcome alongside a modeled shortfall from expectations. For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, median earnings are $56,947 four years after completion.

Azimuth places that measure in the 39th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 800 completers. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, offer a separate comparison.

Graduates earn about $2,069 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios based on the program mix place typical earnings at $56,947, with a downside scenario of $44,511 and an upside scenario of $82,865.

An estimated 32.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The modeled shortfall sits alongside a broad range of possible earnings scenarios.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.