-21%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 21% at University of New Orleans vs the 2018–2022 baseline (4.5k vs 5.6k).
Louisiana · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana. 4,479 undergraduate students. 99 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of New Orleans
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 New Orleans fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.8% → 0.0%).
-18%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of New Orleans fell 18% between 2021 and 2024 (5.6k → 4.6k).
+15%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of New Orleans rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 (57.9% → 66.8%).
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.
$47,872+25% · 6→10y
Louisiana median $33,099$38,410
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry42.5%+66% · '97→'24
Louisiana median 52.0%$11,000+400% · '97→'20
At program completion4,479-60% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS70.2%-0% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time66.8%-7% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,172+251% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,008SECTION 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
3.1%Median federal debt $11,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,872 (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.
+66%
University of New Orleans · completion · 150% rose
22.9% → 38.0%
+248%
University of New Orleans · completion · 100% rose
6.6% → 23.1%
-60%
University of New Orleans · undergrad enrollment fell
11,689 → 4,638
+251%
University of New Orleans · in-state tuition rose
$2,612 → $9,172
+45%
University of New Orleans · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,656 → $14,008
+400%
University of New Orleans · median debt rose
$3,750 → $18,750
-100%
University of New Orleans · cohort default rate fell
9.6% → 0.0%
+34%
University of New Orleans · pell share rose
29.2% → 39.1%
+22%
University of New Orleans · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,100 → $47,872
+32%
University of New Orleans · earnings_median_8yr rose
$32,800 → $43,309
+29%
University of New Orleans · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,800 → $38,410
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.
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$92,097Mechanical Engineering.$88,371Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$86,815Accounting and Related Services.$83,790Computer Science.$79,956Health and Medical Administrative Services.$76,839Civil Engineering.$74,321Accounting and Related Services.$59,862Political Science and Government.$58,389Business Administration, Management and Operations.$55,269History.$53,682Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management.$53,240Finance and Financial Management Services.$52,811Biology, General.$52,009Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$51,029Marketing.$50,875Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.$48,464Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$48,160Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$47,807Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$47,250Hospitality Administration/Management.$45,812Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.$44,011Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$43,365Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.$42,590
Showing top 24 of 30 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
30 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
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$55,269Accounting and Related Services.$59,862Business Administration, Management and Operations.$92,097Finance and Financial Management Services.$52,811Marketing.$50,875Hospitality Administration/Management.$45,812Accounting and Related Services.$83,790
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of New Orleans
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
$404,700
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,955
- HS-only baseline · LA
- $32,800
- Years to complete
- 4
- 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 Louisiana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of New Orleans graduates earn $X” — not “University of New Orleans makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of New Orleans 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.