-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Pittsburg State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8% → 0.0%).
Kansas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas. 4,162 undergraduate students. 89 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Pittsburg 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.
+18%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Pittsburg State University rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 (30.9% → 36.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Kansas
Each tile compares this institution to the Kansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$50,579+15% · 6→10y
Kansas median $45,407$43,793
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry57.6%+22% · '97→'24
Kansas median 46.4%$14,000+261% · '97→'20
At program completion4,162-15% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.8%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time88.2%-11% · '01→'24
latest cohort$8,008+272% · '00→'24
out-of-state $19,692SECTION 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 $14,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,579 (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.
+22%
Pittsburg State University · completion · 150% rose
46.5% → 56.6%
+74%
Pittsburg State University · completion · 100% rose
20.9% → 36.4%
+272%
Pittsburg State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,260 → $8,400
+183%
Pittsburg State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,982 → $19,744
+261%
Pittsburg State University · median debt rose
$5,250 → $18,969
-100%
Pittsburg State University · cohort default rate fell
9.1% → 0.0%
+29%
Pittsburg State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,100 → $50,579
+28%
Pittsburg State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,700 → $47,079
+31%
Pittsburg State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,400 → $43,793
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.
Construction Management.$90,793Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$82,387Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$78,159Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,413Business Administration, Management and Operations.$65,575Accounting and Related Services.$64,515Finance and Financial Management Services.$63,887Biology, General.$62,312Computer Systems Analysis.$62,233Marketing.$58,292Educational Administration and Supervision.$57,860Special Education and Teaching.$54,402Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$54,297Business/Commerce, General.$54,241Communication and Media Studies.$50,332Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$49,676Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$47,881Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$45,590Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General.$44,284Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$43,736Graphic Communications.$43,447Psychology, General.$43,281Social Work.$42,422
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
23 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$54,297Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$49,676Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$43,736Educational Administration and Supervision.$57,860Special Education and Teaching.$54,402
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Pittsburg 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
$394,076
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,833
- HS-only baseline · KS
- $36,100
- 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 Kansas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Pittsburg State University graduates earn $X” — not “Pittsburg State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Pittsburg 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.