Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $73,467. That is $7,857 above the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), and places the university in the 81st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $10,063 more than the model expects for similar students. That puts the gap at the 83rd percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds $13,865. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $3,802. Azimuth places the return pillar at the 79th percentile.
At Washington State University, median earnings are $73,467 four years after completion. Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 81st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The earnings cohort contains 5,919 completers. Graduates earn about $10,063 more than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings scenarios from the program mix show a typical scenario matching the reported median, with a downside scenario of $52,089 and an upside scenario of $96,047. An estimated 30.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
Above-expected earnings and the broad modeled range point to different outcomes across that mix.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $73,467, a figure at the 81st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median sits $7,857 above the $65,610 that comparable institutions (same type and size) typically post.
Azimuth ranks Washington State University #306 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $10,063 more than the model expects for similar students.
That placement puts the gap at the 83rd percentile. The share of the gap that the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $13,865.
The portion that it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $3,802. Inside the measured factors, the STEM component alone adds $3,048.
The degree mix spans engineering, nursing, communication and the social-science fields. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $52,089 on the downside to $96,047 on the upside.
Based on the program mix, an estimated 30.8% of graduates continue on to graduate study.
Earnings vary substantially by field at Washington State University. Earnings scenarios run from $52,089 on the downside to $96,047 on the upside, across 49 programs with published earnings data.
The higher end includes Computer Science at $119,686, Computer Engineering at $114,635, and Electrical Engineering at $104,354, each measured four years after completion. Those field-level medians show why the modeled range is broad.
For borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt at Washington State University is $19,500, below the comparable-institution median. At comparable institutions (same type and size), the median is $20,076; the university's figure is below that benchmark.
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years. Parent PLUS borrowers are a separate parent-borrower population, with median borrowing of $29,968.
In the earnings model, graduates earn about $10,063 more than the model expects for similar students. For aid recipients, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $14,971.
Lower borrower debt and higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction.