-17%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Arkansas Tech University fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (6.5k → 5.4k).
Arkansas · Public · Predominantly associate's
Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas. 5,993 undergraduate students. 128 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Arkansas Tech University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Arkansas Tech University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.6% → 0.0%).
+18%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Arkansas Tech University rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 (62.8% → 74.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Arkansas
Each tile compares this institution to the Arkansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,766+11% · 6→10y
Arkansas median $34,871$37,638
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry48.7%+37% · '97→'24
Arkansas median 47.1%$11,350+351% · '97→'20
At program completion5,993+34% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS71.1%+7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time96.3%+83% · '01→'24
latest cohort$8,508+213% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,502SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.6%Median federal debt $11,350 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,766 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+37%
Arkansas Tech University · completion · 150% rose
35.5% → 48.6%
+131%
Arkansas Tech University · completion · 100% rose
13.8% → 31.8%
+34%
Arkansas Tech University · undergrad enrollment rose
4,027 → 5,388
+213%
Arkansas Tech University · in-state tuition rose
$2,768 → $8,674
+174%
Arkansas Tech University · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,356 → $14,668
+351%
Arkansas Tech University · median debt rose
$4,655 → $21,000
-100%
Arkansas Tech University · cohort default rate fell
18.5% → 0.0%
+22%
Arkansas Tech University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$32,700 → $40,016
+25%
Arkansas Tech University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,000 → $37,638
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Mechanical Engineering.$84,124Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$82,768Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$74,798Business/Managerial Economics.$72,112Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$71,435Educational Administration and Supervision.$68,248Accounting and Related Services.$66,718Homeland Security.$59,668Biology, General.$57,721Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language.$57,110Homeland Security.$53,210Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$52,338Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$51,939Agricultural Business and Management.$50,241Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.$48,923Sociology.$48,474Business Administration, Management and Operations.$48,308Education, General.$46,938Criminal Justice and Corrections.$45,728Mathematics.$45,280Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$44,636Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$43,440Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,210Psychology, General.$42,103
Showing top 24 of 36 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
36 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$44,636Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$39,595Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$51,939Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language.$57,110Educational Administration and Supervision.$68,248Education, General.$46,938
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$74,798Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$43,210Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$36,310Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$52,338Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$71,435Health and Medical Administrative Services.$29,240
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Arkansas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Arkansas Tech University graduates earn $X” — not “Arkansas Tech University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Arkansas Tech University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.