-13%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Shorter University fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2k → 1.0k).
Georgia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Shorter University
Rome, Georgia. 1,091 undergraduate students. 41 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Shorter 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 Shorter University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.0% → 0.0%).
-11%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Shorter University fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (68.3% → 60.5%).
-11pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 10 pp at Shorter University vs the 2003–2007 baseline (37.1% vs 47.5%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Georgia
Each tile compares this institution to the Georgia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$44,604+7% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$41,860
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry37.1%-2% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$12,500+277% · '97→'20
At program completion1,091-32% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.2%-19% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time96.9%+12% · '01→'24
latest cohort$24,044+160% · '00→'24
out-of-state $24,044SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $12,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $44,604 (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.
-26%
Shorter University · completion · 100% fell
42.4% → 31.5%
-19%
Shorter University · retention fell
75.0% → 60.5%
-32%
Shorter University · undergrad enrollment fell
1,521 → 1,028
+160%
Shorter University · in-state tuition rose
$9,470 → $24,630
+160%
Shorter University · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,470 → $24,630
+277%
Shorter University · median debt rose
$6,625 → $25,000
-100%
Shorter University · cohort default rate fell
11.8% → 0.0%
+29%
Shorter University · pell share rose
29.0% → 37.5%
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.$87,314Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,157Business Administration, Management and Operations.$60,036Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$57,093Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$50,900Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$50,082Criminal Justice and Corrections.$48,991Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$46,220Psychology, General.$41,524Human Services, General.$37,893Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$37,465
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
11 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
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Shorter 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
$314,793
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $17,363
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 6
- 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 Georgia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Shorter University graduates earn $X” — not “Shorter University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Shorter 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.