At University of Northwestern-St Paul, return measures are mixed. Azimuth places return in the 47th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $2,957 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between graduate earnings and the model expectation for similar students, is in the 43rd 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 $161. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $3,118.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $89. Median earnings are $57,471 four years after completion, in the 41st percentile.
At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median, or middle value, is $55,915; the university is $1,556 above it. The model and peer comparisons point different ways.
Federally aided graduates of University of Northwestern-St Paul who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $57,471 four years after completion. That is $1,556 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that median lands at the 41st percentile. The underlying earnings cohort includes 624 completers.
Graduates earn about $2,957 less than the model expects for similar students. That result sits at the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Estimated earnings scenarios from the program mix run from $45,910 on the downside to $80,585 on the upside, with a typical scenario of $57,471. An estimated 27.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $57,471. That is $1,556 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks University of Northwestern-St Paul #778 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $2,957 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the result at the 43rd 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 $161.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $3,118. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $89.
Degrees awarded cluster heavily in theology and health fields, with business as a smaller share and a small fraction in STEM disciplines. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, run from a downside of $45,910 to an upside of $80,585 four years after completion.
An estimated 27.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The modeled earnings picture at University of Northwestern-St Paul spans from a downside scenario of $45,910 to an upside scenario of $80,585. Both are scenarios estimated from the program mix, rather than observed groups of graduates.
Among individual fields, median earnings four years after completion are $78,661 in Nursing, $77,128 in Accounting, and $64,339 in Criminal Justice. Those field results illustrate the range represented in the earnings scenarios.
At University of Northwestern-St Paul, borrowing is lower than at comparable institutions, but the earnings signal is less favorable. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $21,325, below the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), of $25,000 by $3,675.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $242 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $2,957 less than the model expects for similar students.
For aid recipients, average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $27,705. It is above the $22,347 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size), by $5,358.
Lower borrowing sits beside a higher average net price and lower-than-expected earnings, so the return picture is mixed.