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Webster University Career Outcomes & Earnings

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How much do Webster University graduates earn?

The reported median is $75,697 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $7,447 per year.

For Webster University, the return evidence points upward: Azimuth puts the university’s return in the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $19,248 more than expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, stands in the 95th 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 $1,051.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $18,197. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $377.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $75,697 four years after completion, in the 84th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions of the same type and size, is $68,250, with earnings $7,447 above it. Above-expected earnings and the peer comparison point the same way.

At Webster University, earnings vary across earnings scenarios and fields. At the field level, median earnings four years after completion are $66,113 for Computer Science, $65,389 for Accounting, and $56,671 for Biology.

Those field medians show variation within the university’s broader earnings picture.

Graduate study affects how the four-year earnings figure should be read. An estimated 26.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Because four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion
$75,697
Rank for difference from expectations
95th percentile
Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks
Webster University reported median
$75,697
Peer schools comparable schools · $7,447 below Webster University
$68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $19,248 below Webster University
$56,449

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 could earnings differ from the median?

Compare the lower scenario with Webster University borrowing and monthly payments to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion
Planning rangeReported median
Lower estimate
$38,657
Median · reported
$75,697
Higher estimate
$70,041

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 Webster University 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.

Webster University graduates’ reported earnings are $19,248 above that expectation, the 95th 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 Webster University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$1,051
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
+$18,197
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$19,248

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Which fields at Webster University report the highest earnings?

Webster University has its highest published program earnings in Computer Science, rather than in its largest degree-award program. Four years after completion, Computer Science shows median earnings of $66,113 and 40 degrees awarded; Accounting records $65,389 with 6 degrees awarded.

Business Administration and Management, the largest of these programs, has median earnings of $62,567 and 98 degrees awarded. At a more moderate level, Biology reports $56,671 across 32 degrees awarded.

The figures place computing and accounting above the larger business program, with biology at a more moderate earnings level.

Visual & Performing Arts makes up 22.9% of bachelor’s degrees awarded at Webster University, and the larger fields show markedly different earnings. Published earnings cover 13 bachelor’s fields, with each figure measuring median earnings four years after completion.

Among the larger programs, Business Administration and Management awarded 98 degrees and had median earnings of $62,567 four years after completion. Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft awarded 53 degrees, with median earnings of $39,604.

Computer Science awarded 40 degrees and had median earnings of $66,113. Education awarded 39 degrees and had median earnings of $45,411.

Film/Video and Photographic Arts awarded 36 degrees and had median earnings of $35,407.

Highest reported four-year program earnings
Computer Science
$66,113
Accounting and Related Services
$65,389
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$62,567
Biology, General
$56,671
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
$54,217
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
$50,359
Psychology, General
$48,689
Education, General
$45,411

Explore Webster University program cohorts and field ranks for more context.

Further analysis

Computer Science reaches $66,113 four years after completion, while Film/Video and Photographic Arts, the lowest-earning among the largest programs, is at $35,407. The spread shows substantial variation by field.

Webster University offers a high early-career earnings reference point, with graduates reaching $75,697 four years after completion. That median covers federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled.

Azimuth places the earnings measure in the 84th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, drawing on an earnings cohort of 1,740 completers. Graduates earn about $19,248 more than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, provides a modeled comparison rather than a personal forecast. An estimated 26.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The high earnings standing and above-expected earnings point in the same direction.

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.