Graduates of University of South Alabama earn a median of $62,459 four years after completion, $5,158 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). This median ranks at the 58th percentile.
Azimuth places the return pillar in the 54th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $1,692 more than the model expects for similar students.
That result sits at the 61st percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $6,578.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $4,886. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $2,707.
University of South Alabama graduates earn a median of $62,459 four years after completing a degree, measured among 2,614 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that median sits at the 58th percentile.
The amount is $5,158 above the median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $1,692 more than the model expects for similar students.
That result falls at the 61st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $43,113 on the downside to $81,987 on the upside.
The typical earnings scenario lands at $62,459. An estimated 29.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $62,459 four years after completion, placing the result at the 58th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median is $5,158 above the $57,301 figure for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks University of South Alabama #671 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates here earn about $1,692 more than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings beyond expectations measure the gap between what graduates actually earn and what the model expects for similar students. That outcome falls at the 61st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions nationally.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $6,578. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $4,886.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component alone adds $2,707. The program mix draws heavily on health and engineering fields alongside education and the natural sciences.
Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from a downside of $43,113 to an upside of $81,987, with the typical scenario at $62,459. An estimated 29.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The highest-earning programs at University of South Alabama are in engineering. Electrical Engineering graduates earn $100,166 four years after completion, from 26 degrees awarded.
Chemical Engineering follows at $93,943, with 21 degrees awarded. Mechanical Engineering, a larger program at 67 degrees awarded, reports $89,052.
These figures sit near the national median for their fields, with benchmarks of 0.99x, 0.96x, and 0.97x respectively.
The return picture at University of South Alabama is mixed: graduates earn more than the model predicts, but they also carry more debt than peers at comparable institutions. Borrowers who finish leave with a median of $24,929 in federal student loans, which is $3,700 above the peer median of $21,229 for comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $283 a month if repaid over ten years. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $26,683 in Parent PLUS loans.
The published cost of attendance is $25,476, and aid covers about 31% of that for the average aid recipient, though individual packages vary.