University of Alabama at Birmingham Career Outcomes & Earnings

University of Alabama at Birmingham shows above-expected earnings, though its median trails comparable institutions. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 69th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $7,003 more than the model expects for similar students. The result, earnings beyond expectations—the gap between what graduates earn and the model expects for similar students—is in the 77th 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 $11,721. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $4,718.

Federally aided completers working and not enrolled earn a median of $64,969 four years after completion, in the 66th percentile. The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $65,610; University of Alabama at Birmingham is $641 below it.

The range across modeled program-mix scenarios is wide, so the school-level median does not describe every field equally. The downside earnings scenario is $44,683, and the upside scenario is $82,466; neither is an observed graduate group.

At the higher-earning end, Computer and Information Sciences has median earnings of $104,654 four years after completion, followed by Biomedical Engineering at $90,415 and Electrical Engineering at $90,089. Those field results help explain the modeled spread.

Graduate-study plans shape the earnings reading: an estimated 33.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings count completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing study are outside that snapshot.

At University of Alabama at Birmingham, program-level earnings differ across some of its largest fields, so the schoolwide figure does not describe every route. Nursing had median earnings of $78,224 four years after completion and 362 degrees awarded.

Azimuth ranks it #214 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Health and Medical Administrative Services had median earnings of $53,021 four years after completion and 137 degrees awarded.

Azimuth ranks it #52 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Human Resources Management and Services recorded $61,781 and 27 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #61 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The higher figure sits alongside more moderate earnings in the other fields.

Health Professions accounts for 21.9% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, and University of Alabama at Birmingham has 28 ranked fields. Among them, Management Information Systems and Services stands out for its national placement.

Azimuth places it at #51 among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field; it awarded 66 degrees, and completers’ median earnings were $79,843 four years after completion. Health and Medical Administrative Services is ranked #52 by Azimuth nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

It awarded 137 degrees, and median earnings were $53,021 four years after completion. Human Resources Management and Services holds Azimuth’s #61 national rank among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

It awarded 27 degrees. Median earnings were $61,781 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks Subject-Area Teacher Education #62 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field; 122 degrees were awarded, with median earnings of $52,435 four years after completion. These fields pair national standing with earnings that vary by program.