Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's

Anna Maria College

Paxton, Massachusetts. 948 undergraduate students. 63 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Anna Maria College

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.

EARNINGS TREND · TRENDING WORSE-26%

Earnings trend · post-entry horizons

Earnings 10 years post-entry at Anna Maria College are 26% below 6-year earnings ($63.1k → $46.7k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-16%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment at Anna Maria College fell 16% between 2021 and 2024 (1.1k → 906).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+11%

In-state tuition

In-state tuition at Anna Maria College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($40.2k → $44.6k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+11%

Out-of-state tuition

Out-of-state tuition at Anna Maria College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($40.2k → $44.6k).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Massachusetts

Each tile compares this institution to the Massachusetts median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$46,651-26% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$63,110
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
40.4%-15% · '97→'24
Massachusetts median 66.5%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$17,500+152% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
948+5% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
61.7%-15% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
89.6%-42% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$43,064+204% · '00→'24
out-of-state $43,064
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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

5.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $17,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,651 (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.

UNDERGRAD · 19962024906
1,16767919962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997202446.2%
64%34%19972024
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020$25,000
$26,000$5,99919972020
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 100% · 19972024-22%

Anna Maria College · completion · 100% fell

46.6% → 36.5%

RETENTION · 20042009-15%

Anna Maria College · retention fell

73.0% → 62.1%

IN-STATE TUITION · 20002024+204%

Anna Maria College · in-state tuition rose

$14,645 → $44,571

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20002024+204%

Anna Maria College · out-of-state tuition rose

$14,645 → $44,571

MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020+152%

Anna Maria College · median debt rose

$9,925 → $25,000

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

Anna Maria College · cohort default rate fell

7.2% → 0.0%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+41%

Anna Maria College · earnings_median_8yr rose

$41,600 → $58,760

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+64%

Anna Maria College · earnings_median_6yr rose

$38,500 → $63,110

SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY

5 programs with earnings, grouped

Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.

HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44

HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51

BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at Anna Maria College

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
$889,378
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 11year 0year 39
Cost per year
$27,834
HS-only baseline · MA
$42,600
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.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Anna Maria College graduates earn $X” — not “Anna Maria College makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Anna Maria College 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.

Methodology →