-17%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Graceland University-Lamoni fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (66.0% → 55.0%).
Iowa · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Graceland University-Lamoni
Lamoni, Iowa. 901 undergraduate students. 54 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Graceland University-Lamoni
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.
-13%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Graceland University-Lamoni fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (922 → 798).
-12%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Graceland University-Lamoni fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (47.4% → 41.9%).
-8pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 8 pp at Graceland University-Lamoni vs the 2018–2022 baseline (38.3% vs 46.7%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Iowa
Each tile compares this institution to the Iowa median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$47,361+16% · 6→10y
Iowa median $42,849$40,792
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry38.3%-12% · '97→'24
Iowa median 58.4%$14,209+286% · '97→'20
At program completion901-61% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS64.4%-21% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time83.2%+32% · '01→'24
latest cohort$33,220+71% · '00→'24
out-of-state $33,220SECTION 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
4.0%Median federal debt $14,209 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,361 (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.
+35%
Graceland University-Lamoni · completion · 100% rose
26.9% → 36.3%
-21%
Graceland University-Lamoni · retention fell
70.0% → 55.0%
-61%
Graceland University-Lamoni · undergrad enrollment fell
2,028 → 798
+71%
Graceland University-Lamoni · in-state tuition rose
$12,230 → $20,950
+71%
Graceland University-Lamoni · out-of-state tuition rose
$12,230 → $20,950
+286%
Graceland University-Lamoni · median debt rose
$5,500 → $21,212
-100%
Graceland University-Lamoni · cohort default rate fell
5.7% → 0.0%
+79%
Graceland University-Lamoni · pell share rose
27.5% → 49.2%
+22%
Graceland University-Lamoni · earnings_median_10yr rose
$38,900 → $47,361
+24%
Graceland University-Lamoni · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,300 → $45,190
+26%
Graceland University-Lamoni · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,500 → $40,792
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.$146,203Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$127,957Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,498Education, Other.$64,590Business Administration, Management and Operations.$60,792Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$46,518Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$44,485Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$38,633
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
8 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
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Graceland University-Lamoni
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
$1,381,595
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,173
- HS-only baseline · IA
- $36,800
- Years to complete
- 6
- 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 Iowa
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Graceland University-Lamoni graduates earn $X” — not “Graceland University-Lamoni makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Graceland University-Lamoni 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.