-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of the District of Columbia fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.1% → 0.0%).
District of Columbia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia. 3,080 undergraduate students. 93 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of the District of Columbia
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.
+68%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of the District of Columbia rose 68% between 2021 and 2024 (17.5% → 29.4%).
+33%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at University of the District of Columbia rose 33% between 2021 and 2024 (25.0% → 33.2%).
+27%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of the District of Columbia rose 27% between 2021 and 2024 (53.1% → 67.6%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. District of Columbia
Each tile compares this institution to the District of Columbia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$44,236+22% · 6→10y
District of Columbia median $49,020$36,358
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry26.3%+135% · '97→'24
District of Columbia median 55.8%$14,250+522% · '97→'20
At program completion3,080-52% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS66.7%+4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,152+174% · '00→'24
out-of-state $13,004SECTION 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
4.3%Median federal debt $14,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $44,236 (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.
+135%
University of the District of Columbia · completion · 150% rose
14.1% → 33.2%
+201%
University of the District of Columbia · completion · 100% rose
9.8% → 29.4%
-52%
University of the District of Columbia · undergrad enrollment fell
7,021 → 3,351
+174%
University of the District of Columbia · in-state tuition rose
$2,070 → $5,662
+166%
University of the District of Columbia · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,710 → $12,514
+522%
University of the District of Columbia · median debt rose
$4,000 → $24,872
-100%
University of the District of Columbia · cohort default rate fell
14.2% → 0.0%
-43%
University of the District of Columbia · pell share fell
62.6% → 35.8%
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.
Bioethics/Medical Ethics.$92,660Computer and Information Sciences, General.$84,616Business Administration, Management and Operations.$69,464Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate).$61,910Psychology, General.$58,850Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$57,220Legal Professions and Studies, Other.$55,278Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$41,565Social Work.$40,620Education, General.$39,549
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 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
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of the District of Columbia
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
-$100,248
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $17,674
- HS-only baseline · DC
- $47,200
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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 District of Columbia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of the District of Columbia graduates earn $X” — not “University of the District of Columbia makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of the District of Columbia 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.