Pocatello, Idaho. 7,260 undergraduate students. 290 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 142276 · OPEID 001620 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Idaho State 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.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Idaho State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.9% → 0.0%).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-13%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Idaho State University fell 13% between 2017 and 2020 ($23.0k → $20.0k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+11%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Idaho State University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (6.8k → 7.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Idaho
Each tile compares this institution to the Idaho median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$45,608+10% · 6→10y
Idaho median $30,543
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$41,377
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
38.3%+21% · '97→'24
Idaho median 64.1%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$12,500+333% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
7,260-17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
73.6%+31% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
—
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$8,356+181% · '00→'24
out-of-state $27,466
SECTION 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).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $12,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,608 (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.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–20247,583
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–202439.4%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$20,039
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 1997→2024+21%
Idaho State University · completion · 150% rose
32.5% → 39.4%
COMPLETION · 100% · 1997→2024+212%
Idaho State University · completion · 100% rose
6.2% → 19.4%
RETENTION · 2004→2024+31%
Idaho State University · retention rose
55.0% → 72.0%
IN-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+181%
Idaho State University · in-state tuition rose
$3,068 → $8,610
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+198%
Idaho State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,308 → $27,720
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997→2020+333%
Idaho State University · median debt rose
$4,625 → $20,039
COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 2011→2024-100%
Idaho State University · cohort default rate fell
8.3% → 0.0%
PELL SHARE · 2008→2024-36%
Idaho State University · pell share fell
43.4% → 27.9%
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 2007→2020+23%
Idaho State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,100 → $45,608
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 2005→2020+28%
Idaho State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,100 → $43,759
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 2003→2020+39%
Idaho State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,800 → $41,377
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.
Estimate the financial outcome at Idaho State 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
-$149,132
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
Cost per year
$17,797
HS-only baseline · ID
$35,100
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 Idaho
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“Idaho State University graduates earn $X” — not “Idaho State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Idaho State 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.