-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Illinois Springfield fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.0% → 0.0%).
Illinois · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, Illinois. 2,292 undergraduate students. 67 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Illinois Springfield
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.
+12%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of Illinois Springfield rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 (66.8% → 74.8%).
+11%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Illinois Springfield rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (37.8% → 41.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Illinois
Each tile compares this institution to the Illinois median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$57,103+20% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810$47,432
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.4%-6% · '07→'24
Illinois median 53.3%$14,000+157% · '97→'20
At program completion2,292+2% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.7%-5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time84.4%+33% · '01→'24
latest cohort$12,252+239% · '01→'24
out-of-state $22,017SECTION 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
3.3%Median federal debt $14,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $57,103 (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.
+239%
University of Illinois Springfield · in-state tuition rose
$3,611 → $12,252
+130%
University of Illinois Springfield · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,581 → $22,017
+157%
University of Illinois Springfield · median debt rose
$7,445 → $19,128
-100%
University of Illinois Springfield · cohort default rate fell
8.5% → 0.0%
+49%
University of Illinois Springfield · pell share rose
25.1% → 37.4%
+39%
University of Illinois Springfield · earnings_median_10yr rose
$41,100 → $57,103
+36%
University of Illinois Springfield · earnings_median_8yr rose
$39,500 → $53,900
+30%
University of Illinois Springfield · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,400 → $47,432
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.
Computer Science.$117,171Computer Systems Analysis.$109,811Computer Science.$96,556Business Administration, Management and Operations.$86,778Legal Professions and Studies, Other.$85,278Public Health.$79,233Public Administration.$76,799Accounting and Related Services.$72,577Accounting and Related Services.$69,159Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$67,898Educational Administration and Supervision.$65,279Business Administration, Management and Operations.$62,873Human Services, General.$60,700Biology, General.$58,168Mathematics.$57,809Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$55,948Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$55,154Criminal Justice and Corrections.$53,930Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$52,005Psychology, General.$49,082Social Work.$48,393Communication and Media Studies.$48,076History.$46,558English Language and Literature, General.$41,513
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
24 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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Illinois Springfield
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
$1,435,285
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,999
- HS-only baseline · IL
- $38,300
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 11
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 Illinois
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Illinois Springfield graduates earn $X” — not “University of Illinois Springfield makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Illinois Springfield 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.