Career outcomes brief
University of Central Florida Career Outcomes & Earnings
How much do UCF graduates earn?
University of Central Florida reports median earnings of $61,355 four years after completion. Its lower and higher planning estimates are $48,746 and $89,772.
The lower and higher estimates reflect different mixes of program earnings. They are not observed salary percentiles, the pay of the lowest- and highest-paid quarters of graduates, or probabilities for an individual student.
- Lower estimate
- $48,746
- Median · reported
- $61,355
- Higher estimate
- $89,772
Earnings sources and definitions
The lower estimate lets you examine a plan with less income than the school-wide median. Compare it with costs and with the fields you are considering, while keeping the modeled estimates separate from reported earnings.
The return for University of Central Florida sits at the 37th percentile of nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $7,712 less than expects for similar students, a level in the 26th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $6,576. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $14,288.
The STEM component adds $1,802 within the measured factors. Median earnings four years after completion reach $61,355, in the 55th percentile.
Among comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median is $65,610, leaving the university below by $4,255.
The range between the downside and upside earnings scenarios spans roughly $48,746 to $89,772, reflecting the spread of outcomes across the university's program clusters. The highest-earning programs concentrate in engineering and computing.
Computer Engineering graduates see a median of $106,680 four years after completion, while Computer and Information Sciences completers earn $98,526. Among the largest programs, earnings vary considerably.
Computer and Information Sciences graduates earn a median of $98,526, whereas Psychology, the university's largest program by degrees awarded, shows a median of $49,760.
An estimated 30.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the university's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, the published median excludes the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.
Earnings by field
Among University of Central Florida programs with a reported four-year earnings value, the highest medians are: Computer Engineering ($106,680); Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering ($99,442); Computer and Information Sciences, General ($98,526); Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering ($96,972); Industrial Engineering ($91,630). These are earnings after completion for the covered cohort.
A program median describes the middle reported outcome in that group. It is not a starting-salary offer or a prediction for every graduate, and an earnings comparison does not by itself explain why fields differ.
Compare these results with the subjects you want to study and the program’s reported award count. Awards measure degree output, not the number of people in the earnings sample.
Azimuth ranks 51 bachelor's programs at University of Central Florida, and the highest-earning fields cluster in engineering and computing. Computer Engineering leads with a median of $106,680 four years after completion, alongside 192 degrees awarded.
Computer and Information Sciences follows at $98,526 with 765 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national field rank of #45. Nursing shows a median of $83,737 on 773 degrees awarded, while Psychology reaches $49,760 with 1,456 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national rank of #112.
Visual and Performing Arts, the university's best nationally ranked program at #1, reports $52,922 on 403 degrees awarded.
Azimuth ranks 51 bachelor's programs at University of Central Florida, and earnings data cover 53 fields. The university's best nationally ranked program is Visual and Performing Arts, which holds a national rank of #1 and is #1 in Florida.
It awarded 403 degrees, and graduates earn a median of $52,922 four years after completion. Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management ranks #3 nationally and #1 in Florida, with 192 degrees awarded and median earnings of $59,649.
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies follows at #7 nationally, awarding 699 degrees and posting median earnings of $51,959. Among the largest programs, Computer and Information Sciences combines scale with strong outcomes: 765 degrees awarded, a national rank of #45, and median earnings of $98,526.
Do UCF graduates earn more than expected?
University of Central Florida reports median earnings of $61,355 four years after completion. The reported value is $7,712 below Azimuth’s statistical expectation for the institution.
The difference compares the reported outcome with a model estimate. It does not compare matched students who attended different colleges, and it does not establish how much the institution caused earnings to change.
Read this measure alongside completion and individual program outcomes. It describes an institution-level result; it does not predict what a particular student will earn.
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- Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
- +$6,576
- Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
- -$14,288
- Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
- -$7,712
These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.
Further analysis
Earnings scenarios grounded in the university's program mix show a downside of $48,746, a typical outcome of $61,355, and an upside of $89,772. Anchoring the range in named programs, Computer Engineering reaches $106,680 while Psychology sits at $49,760.
University of Central Florida reports median earnings of $61,355 for its 7,475 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled four years after finishing. That figure lands in the 55th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions and runs below the $65,610 median at comparable institutions (same type and size) by $4,255.
Graduates earn about $7,712 less than the model expects for similar students, a result that ranks in the 26th percentile nationally. Earnings scenarios, which reflect the university's program mix, point to a typical outcome of $61,355, a lower-bound outcome of $48,746, and an upper-bound outcome of $89,772.
The model estimates that 30.1% of programs' graduates continue to graduate study, a share derived from program mix rather than observed enrollment.
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.
Four-year earnings are measured after completion for the covered federally aided cohort of people working and not enrolled. Measures taken six, eight or ten years after entry use a different starting point and should not be treated as one graduating class followed over time.
Program award counts describe credentials awarded, not current enrollment, unique graduates or earnings-sample size. Reporting periods differ across measures; the shared field definitions do not establish the exact vintage of every school-level value.
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