University of Miami Outcomes: $85K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do University of Miami graduates earn?

The reported median is $85,019 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $83,615 as its benchmark; the difference is $1,404 per year.

University of Miami delivers strong earnings outcomes relative to similar institutions, with its return in the 91st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $10,036 more than expects for similar students, a result in the 83rd percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $10,767. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $731.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,828. Four years after completion, the median earnings for the university's completers reach $85,019, which lands in the 92nd percentile nationally.

That figure is above the peer median of $83,615 for comparable institutions (same type and size), a gap of $1,404. The strong earnings beyond expectations coincide with a median that trails the peer group, a mixed signal on absolute return.

The earnings scenarios, estimated from the university's program mix, show a wide spread between the downside and the upside. The downside earnings scenario sits at $46,994, while the upside reaches $104,693.

Program-level figures explain the range. Computer Science graduates report the highest median, at $121,589 four years after completion.

Business/Managerial Economics follows at $116,367, and the largest program, Finance, comes in at $110,240.

An estimated 31.4% 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 median earnings understate the eventual earnings of the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $85,019
Rank for difference from expectations: 83rd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

University of Miami reported median: $85,019
Peer schools comparable schools · $1,404 below University of Miami: $83,615
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $10,036 below University of Miami: $74,983

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $46,994
Median · reported: $85,019
Higher estimate: $104,693

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do University of Miami graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

University of Miami graduates’ reported earnings are $10,036 above that expectation, the 83rd percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending University of Miami caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at University of Miami report the highest earnings?

The University of Miami's largest programs span a wide earnings range four years after completion. Finance, the biggest with 256 degrees awarded, reaches a median of $110,240 and an Azimuth national rank of #17 in the field.

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication earns $82,999 and ranks #4 nationally on 162 degrees awarded. Psychology, the third-largest program at 206 degrees awarded, shows a median of $54,290 and ranks #101 nationally.

These three programs show a wide range of median earnings four years after completion.

The university publishes earnings data for 32 bachelor's programs, 30 of which hold an Azimuth national rank. The strongest ranks span legal studies, criminology, business, and technology, where medians four years after completion run well above the national benchmarks for their fields.

Non-Professional Legal Studies holds a national rank of #1 and is #1 in Florida. The program awarded 48 degrees and reports a median of $99,836.

Finance, the largest program at 256 degrees, ranks #17 nationally with a median of $110,240. Nursing awarded 253 degrees, ranks #103 nationally, and shows a median of $92,555.

Computer Science is the highest-earning program, with a median of $121,589 and 83 degrees awarded.

Further analysis

Earnings at University of Miami depend heavily on field of study, a spread captured in three earnings scenarios drawn from the program mix. The downside earnings scenario lands at $46,994, the typical scenario at $85,019, and the upside scenario at $104,693.

The highest-earning program, Computer Science, reaches a median of $121,589 four years after completion, while among the largest programs, Psychology sits at the lower end at $54,290.

The University of Miami's strongest pillar is return on investment, and the earnings figures show why. Four years after completion, the median earnings of the university's graduates stand at $85,019, placing the university in the 92nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The earnings cohort includes 2,185 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Graduates earn about $10,036 more than the model expects for similar students, a result that ranks in the 83rd percentile nationally.

Earnings scenarios, which reflect the university's program mix, point to a typical outcome near the observed median, with a downside scenario of $46,994 and an upside scenario reaching $104,693. An estimated 31.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The median earnings sit above the peer median of $83,615 for comparable institutions (same type and size).

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.