+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Sacred Heart University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($45.2k → $50.4k).
Connecticut · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, Connecticut. 6,904 undergraduate students. 107 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.9% → 0.0%).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Sacred Heart University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($45.2k → $50.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Connecticut
Each tile compares this institution to the Connecticut median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$75,059+17% · 6→10y
Connecticut median $57,515$63,925
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry74.5%+123% · '97→'24
Connecticut median 70.2%$19,860+208% · '97→'20
At program completion6,904+88% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS84.8%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time67.7%-10% · '01→'24
latest cohort$48,460+201% · '00→'24
out-of-state $48,460SECTION 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
3.5%Median federal debt $19,860 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $75,059 (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.
+123%
Sacred Heart University · completion · 150% rose
33.0% → 73.5%
+256%
Sacred Heart University · completion · 100% rose
19.2% → 68.3%
+88%
Sacred Heart University · undergrad enrollment rose
3,770 → 7,087
+201%
Sacred Heart University · in-state tuition rose
$16,764 → $50,404
+201%
Sacred Heart University · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,764 → $50,404
+208%
Sacred Heart University · median debt rose
$8,125 → $25,000
-100%
Sacred Heart University · cohort default rate fell
3.7% → 0.0%
+35%
Sacred Heart University · pell share rose
11.7% → 15.8%
+37%
Sacred Heart University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$54,700 → $75,059
+42%
Sacred Heart University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$50,100 → $71,006
+45%
Sacred Heart University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$44,100 → $63,925
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$114,536Accounting and Related Services.$109,783Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$101,121Economics.$99,167Finance and Financial Management Services.$93,394Computer and Information Sciences, General.$92,216Accounting and Related Services.$91,694Educational Administration and Supervision.$88,976Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$88,358Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$85,625Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$85,465Biology, General.$79,093Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$77,783Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$75,004Marketing.$73,560Communication and Media Studies.$72,884Psychology, Other.$72,873Business Administration, Management and Operations.$71,830Communication and Media Studies.$68,099Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,635Criminal Justice and Corrections.$62,086Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$60,911Education, General.$60,081Psychology, General.$59,673
Showing top 24 of 26 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
26 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
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$101,121Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$75,004Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$114,536Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$88,358Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$85,625Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$77,783Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$85,465Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,635
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Sacred Heart University
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
$924,462
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $43,128
- HS-only baseline · CT
- $42,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
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 Connecticut
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Sacred Heart University graduates earn $X” — not “Sacred Heart University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Sacred Heart 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.