Winona State University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Return data give a mixed reading at Winona State University. On earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, graduates earn about $3,827 less than the model expects for similar students.

Azimuth puts that measure in the 40th 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 $5,848.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,675. Azimuth assigns the return pillar to the 45th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $60,533 four years after completion, placing earnings in the 53rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301, with the university $3,232 above it.

The peer comparison is above the midpoint, but the model result is below expectations.

The earnings range at Winona State University is wide enough that field choice deserves close attention. Earnings scenarios run from $47,990 on the downside to $81,292 on the upside; they are based on program mix, not observed groups of graduates.

Among higher-earning fields, Materials Engineering reports median earnings of $91,528 four years after completion, Computer Science reports $88,164, and Nursing reports $80,117. Those field results help explain the distance between the earnings scenarios.

Graduate study changes how the four-year earnings figure should be read. An estimated 29.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Because the earnings measure covers completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing study are outside that snapshot.

Materials Engineering sits at the higher-earning end of the program picture at Winona State University, with median earnings of $91,528 four years after completion and 19 degrees awarded in an academic year. Computer Science also has higher median earnings, at $88,164 four years after completion, alongside 44 degrees awarded.

Nursing combines median earnings of $80,117 four years after completion with 223 degrees awarded. At a more moderate earnings level, Teacher Education records $46,863 four years after completion and 143 degrees awarded.

These fields show a broad range of earnings outcomes across programs at the university.

Winona State University has published earnings for 28 bachelor’s fields. Its largest degree families are Health Professions, with 19.2% of bachelor’s degrees awarded; Education, with 16.1%; and Business, with 16.0%.

The higher published medians include Materials Engineering, with 19 degrees awarded and median earnings of $91,528 four years after completion; Computer Science, with 44 degrees awarded and $88,164; and Nursing, with 223 degrees awarded and $80,117. The variation makes field choice central to the earnings picture here.