Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $67,853. That is at the 73rd percentile nationally, and $2,243 above the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth places the university at the 74th percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $2,742 more than the model expects for similar students.
That places the gap at the 65th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $10,501.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,759. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,823.
University of Louisville graduates have earnings that sit well above the middle of the national nonprofit four-year distribution. Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $67,853, placing the university in the 73rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The measure is based on an earnings cohort of 3,752 completers. Graduates earn about $2,742 more than the model expects for similar students.
A typical earnings scenario, based on the program mix, is $67,853. An estimated 28.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
The four-year median and the higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction.
University of Louisville has median earnings of $67,853 four years after completion, placing it in the 73rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, so the university stands $2,243 above that reference.
Graduates earn about $2,742 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, sits in the 65th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $10,501. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $7,759.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,823. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix run from $49,099 in the downside scenario to $88,125 in the upside scenario.
Azimuth ranks the return pillar #381 among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer comparison and the expectation measure both sit above their reference points, even as the model assigns opposite directions to parts of the gap.
Nursing is the largest listed program, with 281 degrees awarded and median earnings of $78,902 four years after completion; Azimuth ranks it #233 nationally in its field. Among higher-earning programs, Industrial Engineering had 28 degrees awarded and median earnings of $104,538, Chemical Engineering had 47 degrees awarded and median earnings of $101,068, and Mechanical Engineering had 105 degrees awarded and median earnings of $89,056.
The program figures range from a large program with solid earnings to smaller programs with higher medians.
Earnings vary widely across the earnings scenarios at University of Louisville, from $49,099 in the downside scenario to $88,125 in the upside scenario. These are scenarios based on program mix, rather than observed groups.
Among the upper-earning fields, Industrial Engineering completers have median earnings of $104,538 four years after completion, Chemical Engineering completers have $101,068, and Computer Engineering completers have $97,216. These fields show how program choice can sit at the upper end of the modeled range.
At University of Louisville, borrowing for completers sits at the peer norm rather than below it. Federal student loan borrowers who completed have median debt of $20,500, close to the $20,076 median at comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $233 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $2,742 more than the model expects for similar students.
Those modeled earnings provide a favorable counterpoint to borrowing that matches the peer median. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $17,988.
This is above the $15,634 peer median, and aid covers about 45% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. Above-expected earnings and peer-level debt point in the same direction, though the average price is higher than at comparable institutions.