Career outcomes brief

University of West Florida Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

How much do University of West Florida graduates earn?

The reported median is $67,723 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $10,422 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $67,723, at the 72nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That is $10,422 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places the return at the 53rd percentile. Graduates earn about $2,458 more than expects for similar students.

That places the gap at the 64th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $5,030. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $2,572.

Program choice marks a wide range of modeled earnings at University of West Florida. The downside scenario is $43,849 and the upside scenario is $88,762; both are earnings scenarios from the program mix, not observed groups.

Published earnings cover 24 fields. At the upper end, Electrical Engineering completers have median earnings of $91,813 four years after completion.

Nursing reaches $89,346, and Computer and Information Sciences reaches $79,520 at the same point. Those field-level figures show why the modeled range is broad.

Graduate study changes how the four-year earnings figure should be read: an estimated 28.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, an estimate derived from program mix rather than observed enrollment. The earnings measure covers completers who are working and not enrolled, so it represents those outside graduate study at that point.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $67,723
Rank for difference from expectations: 64th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

University of West Florida reported median: $67,723
Peer schools comparable schools · $10,422 below University of West Florida: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $2,458 below University of West Florida: $65,265

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 many University of West Florida first-year students return?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 89.0%

Source: University of West Florida Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $43,849
Median · reported: $67,723
Higher estimate: $88,762

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 West Florida 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 West Florida graduates’ reported earnings are $2,458 above that expectation, the 64th 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 West Florida caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at University of West Florida report the highest earnings?

Health Professions accounts for 24.4% of degrees awarded, led by Nursing at 384 degrees a year. Azimuth ranks Nursing #92 nationally in its field, with graduates earning $89,346 four years after completion.

The highest-earning program is a smaller one. Azimuth ranks Electrical Engineering #146 nationally in its field, with 46 degrees awarded and median earnings of $91,813 four years out.

Azimuth ranks Computer and Information Sciences #135 nationally, with 79 degrees awarded and earnings of $79,520. Psychology is the second-largest program, at 132 degrees awarded.

Azimuth ranks it #258 nationally in its field, with a more moderate median of $45,101.

University of West Florida has 21 nationally ranked bachelor's programs, with 24 fields reporting earnings data. The strongest national ranks sit in smaller programs: Legal Support Services ranks #14 in its field, with 29 degrees awarded and median earnings of $45,338 four years after completion.

Social Sciences ranks #32, awarding 35 degrees and showing median earnings of $47,535. The largest program is Nursing, at 384 degrees awarded and median earnings of $89,346.

Azimuth ranks it #92 nationally and #2 in Florida. The highest earnings belong to Electrical Engineering, at $91,813, though it awards only 46 degrees a year. Azimuth ranks it #146 nationally and #8 in Florida.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering: $91,813
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: $89,346
Computer and Information Sciences, General: $79,520
Business Administration, Management and Operations: $72,805
Business/Commerce, General: $67,651
Finance and Financial Management Services: $66,463
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions: $65,285
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General: $55,704

Explore University of West Florida program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix show substantial variation by field: the downside scenario is $43,849, the typical scenario is $67,723, and the upside scenario is $88,762. Electrical Engineering has median earnings of $91,813 four years after completion, while Psychology, the lower-earning field among the largest programs, has $45,101.

The graduate earnings picture sits above the comparable-school midpoint. At $67,723 four years after completion, median earnings place University of West Florida in the 72nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The measure covers federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, with 1,822 completers in the earnings cohort. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301, leaving the university $10,422 above that figure.

Graduates earn about $2,458 more than the model expects for similar students, showing earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students. The typical scenario matches the median earnings figure and is based on the program mix rather than an observed group.

An estimated 28.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The peer comparison and the model estimate both point to earnings above their reference points.

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.