Return is the weakest of the four pillars at Unity Environmental University, sitting at the 7th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. For federal aid recipients who have completed a degree and are employed and no longer enrolled, the median four years after completion is $45,016, in the 10th percentile.
That median is $23,234 below the $68,250 figure for comparable institutions (same type and size). Federal aid recipients who complete a degree earn about $17,854 less than the model expects for similar students.
That result falls at the 6th percentile. The factors the model measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,603.
What the model leaves unexplained subtracts $19,457. The STEM element within those factors adds $1,573.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Unity Environmental University who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $45,016. The figure comes from a cohort of 207 completers and lands in the 10th percentile for four-year earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $17,854 less than the model expects for similar students. That gap sits at the 6th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix run from $39,030 at the low end to $54,220 at the high end, with the typical outcome at the same level as $45,016. These scenarios reflect the program mix and are not observed student groups.
An estimated 35.4% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Unity Environmental University graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $45,016 four years after completion, placing the figure at the 10th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $68,250, so the university's median falls $23,234 below that level.
Azimuth places Unity Environmental University at #1,363 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $17,854 less than the model expects for similar students.
That gap sits at the 6th 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 $1,603.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $19,457. Within the measured factors, the STEM component by itself adds $1,573.
Natural Resources & Conservation and Biological Sciences dominate the bachelor's degrees awarded, with a smaller concentration in Agriculture & Natural Resources. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, stretch from a downside of $39,030 to an upside of $54,220.
An estimated 35.4% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a range from $39,030 on the downside to $54,220 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the program level, Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy graduates earn $53,934 four years after completion, from 35 degrees awarded. Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology follows at $44,652, with 22 degrees awarded.
Borrowers who complete a degree at Unity Environmental University leave with a median of $25,000 in federal student loans. That amount is $801 above the $24,199 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 each month. Parent borrowers hold a separate median of $30,473 in federal Parent PLUS loans.
The average net price reflects what aid recipients actually pay after grants and scholarships are applied. At this university, that amount is $19,104.
That average sits $8,267 below the $27,371 median net price for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $17,854 less than the model expects for similar students. Graduates earn about $17,854 less than the model expects for similar students.