CIP 4404 · Master's Degree · Grambling State University

Public Administration at Grambling State University

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Grambling State University. 4 completers in the most recent 4-year window (12 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $51,082.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$51,082
Louisiana CIP-4 median $66,719
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$46,227
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$73,228
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
4
12 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Grambling State University

19.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $73,228 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $51,082.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

14.6%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Louisiana CIP 4404 peer-median earnings $66,719.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$73,228
$74,353$55,84620142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 201420194
22420142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018+31%

Public Administration at Grambling State University · debt_median rose

55,846 → 73,228

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
$166,175
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 22
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 22year 0year 39
Cost per year
$23,591
HS-only baseline · LA
$32,800
Years to complete
6
CIP family
44

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 4404

Public Administration across Louisiana institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Louisiana Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Southern University and A & M CollegePEER$66,71941 grads
Grambling State UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$51,0824 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →