+10%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at University of Louisiana at Lafayette rose 10% between 2017 and 2020 ($20.8k → $22.9k).
Louisiana · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana. 12,269 undergraduate students. 108 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Louisiana at Lafayette fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.8% → 0.0%).
+17%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Louisiana at Lafayette rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 (22.9% → 26.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Louisiana
Each tile compares this institution to the Louisiana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$47,089+10% · 6→10y
Louisiana median $33,099$42,668
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry52.0%+118% · '97→'24
Louisiana median 52.0%$14,991+772% · '97→'20
At program completion12,269-14% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS76.0%+2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time88.8%+6% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,418+358% · '00→'24
out-of-state $24,146SECTION 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
4.2%Median federal debt $14,991 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,089 (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.
+118%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · completion · 150% rose
24.2% → 52.6%
+601%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · completion · 100% rose
3.8% → 26.9%
+358%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · in-state tuition rose
$2,277 → $10,418
+162%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,227 → $24,146
+772%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · median debt rose
$2,626 → $22,902
-100%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · cohort default rate fell
12.3% → 0.0%
+51%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · pell share rose
27.6% → 41.5%
+29%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · earnings_median_10yr rose
$36,400 → $47,089
+39%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · earnings_median_8yr rose
$31,900 → $44,392
+53%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,900 → $42,668
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.$118,943Petroleum Engineering.$110,398Engineering, General.$104,079Chemical Engineering.$101,365Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$97,461Computer Science.$93,766Mechanical Engineering.$90,611Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$87,367Civil Engineering.$80,744Business Administration, Management and Operations.$72,380Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$68,385Architecture.$67,374Computer and Information Sciences, General.$67,136Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$62,191Accounting and Related Services.$57,942Biology, General.$57,937Architecture and Related Services, Other.$56,789Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$51,503Health and Medical Administrative Services.$51,465Marketing.$50,941Finance and Financial Management Services.$50,908Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.$50,272Political Science and Government.$50,048Business Administration, Management and Operations.$49,147
Showing top 24 of 39 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
39 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$87,367Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$41,971Health and Medical Administrative Services.$51,465Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$118,943Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$62,191
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$72,380Business Administration, Management and Operations.$49,147Finance and Financial Management Services.$50,908Accounting and Related Services.$57,942Marketing.$50,941Hospitality Administration/Management.$37,855Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.$50,272
HISTORY · CIP 54
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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
$947,855
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,448
- HS-only baseline · LA
- $32,800
- Years to complete
- 4
- 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 Louisiana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Louisiana at Lafayette graduates earn $X” — not “University of Louisiana at Lafayette makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Louisiana at Lafayette 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.