+110%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Colorado State University Global rose 110% between 2021 and 2024 (35.3% → 74.0%).
Colorado · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Colorado State University Global
Aurora, Colorado. 6,202 undergraduate students. 48 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Colorado State University Global
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 Colorado State University Global fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.7% → 0.0%).
+44%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Colorado State University Global are 44% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($76.8k vs $53.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Colorado
Each tile compares this institution to the Colorado median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$76,813+18% · 6→10y
Colorado median $43,242$65,131
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—
Colorado median 55.5%$14,405+269% · '12→'20
At program completion6,202+78% · '12→'24
latest IPEDS56.3%+57% · '20→'24
first-time, full-time92.9%-0% · '19→'24
latest cohort$8,400+7% · '19→'24
out-of-state $8,400SECTION 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
2.5%Median federal debt $14,405 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $76,813 (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.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+57%
Colorado State University Global · retention rose
47.1% → 74.0%
+78%
Colorado State University Global · undergrad enrollment rose
3,686 → 6,563
+269%
Colorado State University Global · median debt rose
$6,770 → $25,000
-100%
Colorado State University Global · cohort default rate fell
4.8% → 0.0%
-31%
Colorado State University Global · pell share fell
39.8% → 27.3%
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.
Management Information Systems and Services.$109,856Management Information Systems and Services.$109,460Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$108,061Business Administration, Management and Operations.$107,649Computer and Information Sciences, General.$98,895Human Resources Management and Services.$95,392Finance and Financial Management Services.$91,651Health and Medical Administrative Services.$88,549Business Administration, Management and Operations.$88,068Human Resources Management and Services.$81,083Public Administration.$79,182International Business.$77,129Communication and Media Studies.$76,111Accounting and Related Services.$74,281Marketing.$71,201Health and Medical Administrative Services.$70,587Criminal Justice and Corrections.$66,885Criminal Justice and Corrections.$66,804Educational Administration and Supervision.$57,143Social Sciences, General.$53,776Human Services, General.$44,167
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
21 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$88,068Human Resources Management and Services.$95,392Human Resources Management and Services.$81,083Accounting and Related Services.$74,281Finance and Financial Management Services.$91,651Marketing.$71,201Business Administration, Management and Operations.$107,649Management Information Systems and Services.$109,856Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$108,061International Business.$77,129Management Information Systems and Services.$109,460
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Colorado State University Global
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$876,726
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,004
- HS-only baseline · CO
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Colorado
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Colorado State University Global graduates earn $X” — not “Colorado State University Global makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Colorado State University Global 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.