Federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn $51,739 four years after completing a degree. That figure stands at the 22nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The university is $5,562 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Return stands at the 22nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $94 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. That result falls at the 55th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $119. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $213. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,262.
Among 910 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, the median four years after finishing a degree at Virginia State University is $51,739. That earnings level sits at the 22nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
That median reflects all completers in the cohort, not one field of study. Completers earn about $94 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
That result sits at the 55th percentile. The downside earnings scenario is $39,511, the typical scenario is $51,739, and the upside scenario is $73,380.
Based on the program mix, an estimated 27.9% of graduates continue to graduate study.
The median earnings for federally aided graduates of Virginia State University who are working and not enrolled four years after completion is $51,739, at the 22nd percentile nationally. That median is $5,562 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks the university #1,145 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $94 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.
Earnings beyond expectations sit at the 55th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $119.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $213. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,262.
The program mix spans business, security and protective services, psychology, teacher education, communication and media studies, and smaller technology and management fields that award fewer degrees. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, show a wide range: the downside scenario reaches $39,511, while the upside scenario reaches $73,380.
An estimated 27.9% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Program choice shapes a wide range of outcomes at Virginia State University. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix run from $39,511 on the downside to $73,380 on the upside.
At the higher end, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians graduates earn a median of $80,902 four years after completion, from 16 degrees awarded. Management Information Systems and Services follows at $72,734, and Accounting at $72,375. These program figures sit well above the university-wide median.
The published cost of attendance at Virginia State University is $27,661, and aid covers about 43% of that for the average aid recipient. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,840.
Borrowers who finish carry a median of $26,500 in federal student loans, which is $5,271 above the $21,229 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $301 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $22,181 in Parent PLUS loans. The return picture is mixed: earnings sit below the peer median and are effectively at the level the model expects, while the debt load runs above the peer median.
A student's program choice matters a great deal here, because the highest-earning programs pay substantially more than the university-wide figure.