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University of Louisiana at Lafayette

LALarge public institution · Overall rank #167 nationally

Data snapshot Updated

Azimuth puts the composite profile in the 89th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Who it’s a good fit for

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a public university in Lafayette, Louisiana, where the degree mix is led by Health Professions and Business. Mobility is among the highest we track.

Graduates out-earn what predicts for students like them. The model attributes an addition to the factors it measures — field of study, enrollment and the local labor market — and a subtraction to what it cannot explain.

Return is around the average. Pell recipients complete within a point of the overall rate, and access is well above average.

What the lowest-income families pay after aid sits well below the published cost, while the highest-income families pay closer to it. The admission rate is above the median for comparable institutions.

Most graduates are estimated to go into work rather than on to further study. A student drawn to the largest programs should know that the best-paid ones are in engineering, though Nursing is both large and high-earning.

University of Louisiana at Lafayette at a glance

Admissions and outcomes

Admission rate[1]
87.0%
Six-year completion[2]
52.6%
Four-year earnings[3]
$58,638

Cost and family borrowing

Average annual net price · $48–75K family income[6]
$13,692
Median student debt[4]
$22,902
Median Parent PLUS debt[7]
$13,655

University of Louisiana at Lafayette rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[5]

Enrolling 12,428 undergraduates, University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a public university in Lafayette, Louisiana. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, the university sits in the upper eighth of the field (89th percentile).

University of Louisiana at Lafayette admits 87.0% of applicants, against a peer median of 78.1% for comparable institutions of the same type and size. Of students who start full time, 74.3% return for a second year, against a peer median of 83.1%.

The six-year graduation rate is 52.6%, against a peer median of 65.0%. An estimated 16.9% of undergraduates arrive as transfers or part-time students.

Mobility is the strongest of the four and return is the weakest, with access and affordability in between. The spread is wide: mobility, access and affordability all sit in the top third of nonprofit four-year institutions, while return is near the median.

That leaves the university with a profile where financial-access and social-mobility measures run well ahead of the earnings picture.

Mobility gives University of Louisiana at Lafayette its most favorable overall reading, with access and affordability also ahead of its weakest area. Azimuth places the university's mobility pillar in the 91st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

In that same Azimuth comparison, access sits in the 88th percentile and affordability in the 79th percentile. Return is the weakest pillar, at the 51st percentile.

The profile is therefore strongest on mobility, with return standing apart from the other three measures.

For enrolled students submitting SAT scores, the middle 50% spanned 1,120 to 1,240; for those submitting ACT scores, the middle 50% spanned 23 to 28. 41.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, a measure of financial access.

Azimuth ranks University of Louisiana at Lafayette #180 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access pillar draws on two measures: the share of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants and how those students progress through to completion.

Pell recipients finish within six years at 51.7%, a rate that sits 0.9 percentage points below the figure for the entering cohort as a whole (52.6%). Azimuth ranks the university #140 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $1,454 more than the model expects for similar students, a result counted in the mobility pillar alongside the access measures.

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette rankings in context
GeographyRank
National#167

Azimuth overall value rankings within each geographic comparison group.

National pillar percentiles

Economic mobility
National percentile: 91
Access & reach
National percentile: 88
Affordability
National percentile: 79
Return on investment
National percentile: 51

Top-ranked majors

  1. Architecture and Related Services, Other#3
  2. Petroleum Engineering#10
  3. Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians#25

This school’s three highest-ranked programs nationally. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.

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01 / University of Louisiana at Lafayette briefing

University of Louisiana at Lafayette cost & financial aid[6][7]

At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, aid recipients face an average net price of $13,530, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships. That average is $2,104 below the $15,634 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The published cost of attendance is $24,884. In-state tuition and fees are $10,418, with room and board at $12,108.

Out-of-state tuition and fees are $24,146. Financial aid offsets $11,354 of the published cost on average for aid recipients.

Azimuth places the affordability pillar in the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. A lower than comparable institutions and that affordability standing point in the same direction.

At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the published cost of attendance is $24,884, but aid recipients see different average net prices by family-income band. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $11,157 in the lowest band, $11,283 in the lower-middle band, $13,692 in the middle band, $17,079 in the upper-middle band, and $18,562 in the highest band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $7,405. Azimuth ranks the university #303 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Aid covers about 46% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, with average financial aid savings of $11,354 against the sticker price. Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $13,530, which is $2,104 below the peer median of $15,634 at comparable institutions (same type and size).

Published in-state tuition is $10,418, out-of-state tuition is $24,146, and room and board is $12,108. Lower average net pricing than comparable institutions sits alongside substantial average aid savings.

Federal-loan borrowers who complete have median federal student loan debt of $22,902, and 81.5% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. That median is $2,826 above the peer median of $20,076 at comparable institutions (same type and size).

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $260 a month if repaid over ten years. Median Parent PLUS borrowing among parent borrowers is $13,655.

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Reported average annual net price · $48–75K$13,692

After grants and scholarships. Your aid offer may differ.

Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary.

Borrowing and repayment at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, federal borrowing reaches 81.5% of federal aid recipients, making completion debt a central part of the cost picture. Borrowers who complete have median federal student loan debt of $22,902.

The peer median—the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size)—is $20,076, leaving the university’s median $2,826 above it. For the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $13,655.

The earnings picture is mixed: University of Louisiana at Lafayette graduates earn more than the model expects, though its earnings and debt figures trail comparable institutions. Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $58,638.

Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students: Graduates earn about $1,454 more than the model expects for similar students.

Azimuth places this measure in the 60th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios range from $41,806 in a downside scenario to $91,263 in an upside scenario, with $58,638 as the typical scenario.

Median federal debt is $22,902, compared with $20,076 at comparable institutions, a difference of $2,826 above the peer median. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $260 a month if repaid over ten years.

Above-expected earnings sit alongside lower earnings than peers and higher debt.

For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $13,655. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $260 a month if repaid over ten years.

How Financial GPS measures payment burden · The four risk-and-reward zones

Financial GPS

What does repayment look like?

Institution median student debt
$22,902
Institution Parent PLUS debt
$13,655

Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.

Estimated student payment · monthly
$260/mo
Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
$173/mo

Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.

Payment assumptions

Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.

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02 / University of Louisiana at Lafayette briefing

University of Louisiana at Lafayette career outcomes & earnings[3][8][9]

For return, University of Louisiana at Lafayette lands close to the middle of the national distribution: Azimuth places it in the 51st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $1,454 more than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 60th 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 $7,688.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $6,234. The median is $58,638 four years after completion, placing earnings in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, with earnings $6,972 below it. The return picture is mixed: earnings exceed the model but sit below the peer median.

Graduate pay at University of Louisiana at Lafayette runs somewhat ahead of the model’s expectation, even as its overall earnings placement sits nearer the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $1,454 more than the model expects for similar students.

Median earnings are $58,638 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places this measure in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 3,207 completers.

The typical earnings scenario matches the observed median, with a downside scenario of $41,806 and an upside scenario of $91,263. An estimated 28.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Above-expected earnings and a middle-range earnings placement point to a mixed graduate-pay picture.

At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the return picture is mixed: median earnings four years after completion are $58,638, in the 46th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, leaving the university's figure $6,972 below it.

Graduates earn about $1,454 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, are in the 60th percentile.

Azimuth places the return pillar in the 51st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $41,806 in the downside scenario to $91,263 in the upside scenario.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $7,688. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $6,234.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,405. The modeled comparison is positive even as the observed median sits below peers.

Nursing is the largest program, with 383 degrees awarded and median earnings of $91,270 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #88 nationally in its field.

Among smaller high-earning programs, Petroleum Engineering awarded 21 degrees and had median earnings of $102,594 four years after completion. The large nursing program and the smaller engineering programs show a wide range of reported earnings.

Earnings vary widely across the earnings scenarios and the programs represented at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The downside scenario is $41,806, and the upside scenario is $91,263; both are earnings scenarios based on program mix rather than observed graduate groups.

At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, borrowing runs higher than its peer benchmark even as aid recipients face a lower average net price. Borrowers who completed have median federal student loan debt of $22,902.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $20,076, leaving the university above that benchmark by $2,826. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $260 a month if repaid over ten years.

The model also measures earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what it expects for similar students. Graduates earn about $1,454 more than the model expects for similar students.

For aid recipients, average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $13,530. It is below the $15,634 peer median by $2,104, and aid covers about 46% of the published cost for the average aid recipient.

Lower net price and above-expected earnings point one way, while debt above the peer median adds a counterpoint.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$7,688
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$6,234
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$1,454

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Read the full outcomes brief

03 / University of Louisiana at Lafayette briefing

University of Louisiana at Lafayette acceptance rate & admissions[1][10][11]

A broad share of the reported applicant group was admitted by University of Louisiana at Lafayette: 87.0%. That rate is above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range
Admission rate
87.0%
Approximate lower endpoint
1120
Reported average
1219
Approximate upper endpoint
1240

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

Read the full admissions brief

04 / University of Louisiana at Lafayette briefing

What are the largest majors at University of Louisiana at Lafayette?[12]

At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, program earnings vary sharply, with a large nursing program at the higher end. Nursing recorded median earnings of $91,270 four years after completion across 383 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #88 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Subject-Area Teacher Education posted $53,265 across 137 degrees awarded and ranks #54 nationally by Azimuth among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. More moderate earnings appear in Liberal Arts and General Studies, with $45,010 and 297 degrees awarded; Azimuth gives the field a national rank of #143 among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Psychology had median earnings of $44,574 from 121 degrees awarded and an Azimuth rank of #294 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The contrast shows that the return picture differs substantially by field.

Azimuth places the field at #10 nationally within its field. University of Louisiana at Lafayette has 29 ranked bachelor’s fields, giving program-level results a narrower focus than the full academic catalog.

Architecture and Related Services holds an Azimuth rank of #3 nationally within its field, with 30 degrees awarded and median earnings of $51,546 four years after completion. For Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians, the corresponding figures are #25 nationally within its field, 59 degrees awarded, and $69,334 in median earnings four years after completion.

These fields show that earnings differ substantially across the ranked programs.

The program mix at University of Louisiana at Lafayette is anchored by Health Professions, which accounts for 18.8% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Business at 14.2% and Liberal Arts & General Studies at 11.6%. The university has 29 programs with an Azimuth national rank and 33 with published four-year earnings data.

The largest single program is Nursing, at 383 degrees awarded, with Liberal Arts and General Studies next at 297 and Business Administration and Management at 137. The highest-ranked program is Architecture and Related Services, which Azimuth ranks #2 in Louisiana within its field, with 30 degrees awarded and median earnings of $51,546 four years after completion.

Petroleum Engineering ranks #10 nationally and #2 in Louisiana within its field, and its graduates earn a median of $102,594. The highest-earning programs are much smaller: Petroleum Engineering graduates earn $102,594 from 21 degrees awarded, and Chemical Engineering graduates earn $102,119 from 45 degrees awarded.

Strength is concentrated in a few fields rather than spread evenly. The highest-ranked programs include architecture and engineering, while the highest earnings come from engineering, where degree counts are modest.

18.5% of degrees awarded are in STEM, and many of the largest programs outside of health and business carry earnings below the national median for their fields. Liberal Arts and General Studies, for instance, has a benchmark ratio of 0.85x against the national median for its field.

Four-year earnings · six largest reported fields
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 383 degrees awarded
$91,270
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities 297 degrees awarded
$45,010
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 137 degrees awarded
$53,265
Business Administration, Management and Operations 137 degrees awarded
$53,473
Psychology, General 121 degrees awarded
$44,574
Biology, General 118 degrees awarded
$41,323

Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings.

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05 / University of Louisiana at Lafayette briefing

How does University of Louisiana at Lafayette serve students from different backgrounds?

For the first-time full-time cohort, University of Louisiana at Lafayette posts a 52.6% six-year graduation rate. Pell recipients’ six-year completion rate is 51.7%, below the overall rate by 0.9 percentage points.

The two completion figures are close, though the Pell rate remains lower. Azimuth puts the mobility pillar in the 91st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 60th percentile. Graduates earn about $1,454 more than the model expects for similar students.

Broad admission and a sizable Pell Grant share anchor the access profile at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The university admits 87.0% of applicants and enrolls 12,428 undergraduates.

Pell Grants go to 41.5% of undergraduates. The estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 16.9%, an estimate based on the portion of enrollment that is not first-time, full-time.

Azimuth places the access pillar in the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Admissions, Pell participation, and estimated transfer entry describe several routes into the university.

06 / University of Louisiana at Lafayette briefing

What colleges are similar to University of Louisiana at Lafayette?[15]

Azimuth groups alternatives by admissions, location, cost and earnings, then orders candidates within each group. Peer earnings use the matched four-year cohort. How matching works.

A shortlist for different decisions

Choose a row to compare the figures with University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Admissions peerLouisiana Christian University77.2% admitted
Comparison with University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MeasureUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteLouisiana Christian University
Peer earnings · 4 years$58,638$53,861-$4,777 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Average annual net price$13,530$13,113-$417 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette · lower cost
Admission rate87.0%77.2%
Higher-admission alternativeFranciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University98.7% admitted
Comparison with University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MeasureUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteFranciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Peer earnings · 4 years$58,638$63,699+$5,061 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Average annual net price$13,530$18,552+$5,022 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette · higher cost
Admission rate87.0%98.7%
Nearby alternativeSouthern University and A & M CollegeNearby option · LA
Comparison with University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MeasureUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteSouthern University and A & M College
Peer earnings · 4 years$58,638$54,666-$3,972 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Average annual net price$13,530$20,077+$6,547 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette · higher cost
Admission rate87.0%35.1%
Higher-earnings alternativeThe University of Texas at Arlington$79,176 earnings
Comparison with University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MeasureUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteThe University of Texas at Arlington
Peer earnings · 4 years$58,638$79,176+$20,538 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Average annual net price$13,530$13,951+$421 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette · higher cost
Admission rate87.0%79.9%
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Lower-cost alternativeLouisiana State University at Alexandria$7,065 average net price
Comparison with University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MeasureUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteLouisiana State University at Alexandria
Peer earnings · 4 years$58,638$51,983-$6,655 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Average annual net price$13,530$7,065-$6,465 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette · lower cost
Admission rate87.0%92.1%
Similar profileTarleton State UniversityMatched across several measures
Comparison with University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MeasureUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteTarleton State University
Peer earnings · 4 years$58,638$57,758-$880 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Average annual net price$13,530$20,783+$7,253 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette · higher cost
Admission rate87.0%89.6%
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Each school is the first-ranked match in its category, not a recommendation across every measure. The same college may lead more than one category. Figures use the matching snapshot; earnings reflect the matched four-year cohort. — means unavailable.

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Data scope & methodology

Structured payloads generated Governed hub narrative Governed spoke corpus

Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection.

Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them.

Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects.

Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release.

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

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

Read the ranking methodology, data definitions and limitations · About College Azimuth

Read the analysis behind value-added earnings and the change to four-year graduate earnings. These articles are published on collegeazimuth.com.

Data notes & source fields

Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation; notes with a different source link it below.

  1. Admission rate. Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability.

    Source fields: ADM_RATE

  2. Six-year completion. First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree.

    Source fields: C150_4

  3. Four-year institutional earnings. Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion.

    Source fields: MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

  4. Median federal student debt. Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students.

    Source fields: GRAD_DEBT_MDN

  5. National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks. Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ.

    Source fields: Azimuth rankings

    College Azimuth · Ranking methodology

  6. Annual net price by family income. Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers.

    Source fields: NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV

  7. Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration. Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance is 150% of the federal poverty guideline for one person, for the year the API serves. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. The parent table is the 10-year payment on the median Parent PLUS as a share of household income above 200% of the guideline for a household of three: under 6% Safe, 6–10% Caution, over 10% High pressure. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations.

    Source fields: PLUS_DEBT_ALL_COMP_MD; fallback PLUS_DEBT_ALL_MD; Azimuth Financial GPS calculations

    College Azimuth · Financial GPS methodology

  8. Downside and upside earnings; yellow band. The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median.

    Source fields: Azimuth modeled program-mix scenarios

    College Azimuth · Earnings scenario methodology

  9. Value added and its components. Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

    Source fields: Azimuth statistical model

    College Azimuth · Value-added methodology

  10. SAT score range and reported midpoint. Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range.

    Source fields: SATVR25 + SATMT25; SATVR75 + SATMT75; SAT_AVG

  11. First-year retention. Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions.

    Source fields: RET_FT4

  12. Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots. Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity.

    Source fields: EARN_MDN_4YR; IPEDSCOUNT1; CIPCODE

    College Scorecard · Field-of-study technical documentation

  13. Pell recipients. Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year.

    Source fields: PCTPELL

  14. Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group. This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns.

    Source fields: 1 − PFTFTUG1_EF

  15. Peer earnings and signed differences. Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure.

    Source fields: Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

    College Azimuth · Comparison methodology

How to interpret program rankings