Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Earnings: $58K (2026)

How much do Wheaton College (Massachusetts) graduates earn?

The reported median is $57,982 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $2,067 per year.

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 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), 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.

An estimated 39.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so the reported median does not include those continuing their education.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $44,650
Median · reported: $57,982
Higher estimate: $76,319

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 Wheaton College (Massachusetts) 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.

That comparison is not reported for Wheaton College (Massachusetts). 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 Wheaton College (Massachusetts) caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) report the highest earnings?

Program-level earnings at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) differ across both larger fields and smaller degree cohorts, making field choice central to the return picture. Business Administration and Management sits at the higher end, with median earnings of $78,769 four years after completion and 52 degrees awarded.

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies also posts higher earnings of $64,701 across 16 degrees awarded. More moderate figures appear in Psychology, at $54,483 with 53 degrees awarded, and Biology, at $43,012 with 31 degrees awarded.

The contrast between these fields shows that the school-level earnings figure can mask substantial variation by program.

The largest fields at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) point to different early-career earnings, so the field matters as much as the schoolwide picture. Psychology is the largest listed field, with 53 degrees awarded and median earnings of $54,483 four years after completion.

Business Administration and Management follows with 52 degrees awarded and median earnings of $78,769 four years after completion. Biology awarded 31 degrees, and its median earnings were $43,012 four years after completion.

Film/Video and Photographic Arts awarded 30 degrees and had median earnings of $54,106 four years after completion. English Language and Literature awarded 27 degrees, with median earnings of $59,381 four years after completion. The larger fields span a noticeably uneven earnings picture.

Further analysis

Field choice is central to the earnings picture. Grounded in the program mix, earnings scenarios place the downside at $44,650, the typical outcome at $57,982, and the upside at $76,319.

Business Administration and Management reaches $78,769 four years after completion, whereas Biology is the lowest-earning large program at $43,012. The spread signals variation across fields.

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.

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.

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