Wheaton College (Massachusetts) has a return picture that sits near the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions, with earnings just ahead of comparable institutions. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $57,982 four years after completion, placing their earnings in the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Azimuth places the university’s return pillar in the 47th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $55,915; Wheaton stands $2,067 above it. Near-middle standing and a modest edge over peers point in the same direction.
At Wheaton College (Massachusetts), the earnings picture centers on a median of $57,982 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Azimuth places this result in the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 342 completers.
The typical scenario, based on the program mix, matches that observed median. The downside earnings scenario is $44,650, and the upside scenario is $76,319, both modeled for four years after completion rather than observed groups of graduates.
An estimated 39.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. The modeled earnings range and graduate-study estimate describe different possible paths after completion.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $57,982. That is $2,067 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
That places the institution's median earnings in the 43rd percentile. Azimuth ranks Wheaton College (Massachusetts) #777 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The earnings scenarios, grounded in the college's program mix, show a range from a downside of $44,650 to an upside of $76,319, with the typical scenario at $57,982. An estimated 39.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
The return picture is mixed: earnings sit just above the median for comparable institutions, but the return pillar's rank and percentile are modest. The program mix is the main story on the earnings side.
The largest programs span a wide earnings range, and the college's highest-earning program is also one of its largest. A student's field of study aligns with different points in the scenario range, which stretches from the mid-forty-thousands to the mid-seventy-thousands.
At Wheaton College (Massachusetts), earnings scenarios show a broad range: $44,650 in the downside scenario and $76,319 in the upside scenario, both four years after completion. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
Program medians also differ. Business Administration and Management reports $78,769, Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies reports $64,701, and Neuroscience reports $61,194, each four years after completion. Those program results align with the wide modeled range.
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) has a cost picture that warrants close attention: both average net price and borrower debt sit above comparable benchmarks. Among completing federal-loan borrowers, median federal student loan debt is $26,000.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $25,000, placing the university above that figure by $1,000. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $295 a month if repaid over ten years.
Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $29,822. It is above the peer median by $7,475.
Across the reported family-income bands, average net price is $20,076 in the lowest band, $21,528 in the next, $28,299 in the middle, $28,639 in the next-highest, and $33,956 in the highest. Aid covers about 62% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. Above-peer prices and borrowing point in the same direction.