-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Minnesota State University-Mankato fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2% → 0.0%).
Minnesota · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Minnesota State University-Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota. 11,325 undergraduate students. 202 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Minnesota State University-Mankato
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.
+23%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Minnesota State University-Mankato rose 23% between 2021 and 2024 (28.7% → 35.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Minnesota
Each tile compares this institution to the Minnesota median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$56,922+14% · 6→10y
Minnesota median $48,321$50,098
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry54.1%+34% · '97→'24
Minnesota median 54.7%$14,000+219% · '97→'20
At program completion11,325+14% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS79.7%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time91.3%+8% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,490+198% · '00→'24
out-of-state $18,860SECTION 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
3.3%Median federal debt $14,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $56,922 (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.
+34%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · completion · 150% rose
40.4% → 53.9%
+164%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · completion · 100% rose
13.3% → 35.2%
+198%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · in-state tuition rose
$3,208 → $9,572
+204%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,232 → $18,942
+219%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · median debt rose
$6,625 → $21,106
-100%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · cohort default rate fell
5.4% → 0.0%
+30%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · earnings_median_10yr rose
$43,900 → $56,922
+31%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · earnings_median_8yr rose
$41,200 → $53,926
+32%
Minnesota State University-Mankato · earnings_median_6yr rose
$38,000 → $50,098
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.$126,466Educational Administration and Supervision.$96,698Accounting and Related Services.$95,647Computer and Information Sciences, General.$94,873Construction Management.$92,673Mechanical Engineering.$91,980Air Transportation.$84,367Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$82,073Engineering, General.$81,267Civil Engineering.$80,870Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$80,240Finance and Financial Management Services.$79,469English Language and Literature, General.$77,544Accounting and Related Services.$76,233Economics.$75,003Marketing.$72,946Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$69,612Educational Administration and Supervision.$68,900Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,547Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.$64,308Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$63,247Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$62,529Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$62,361Criminal Justice and Corrections.$61,661
Showing top 24 of 52 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
52 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$45,447Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$50,134Special Education and Teaching.$51,346Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$62,529Educational Administration and Supervision.$68,900Education, General.$61,535Educational Administration and Supervision.$96,698Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$54,416
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$82,073Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$62,361Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$51,058Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$58,513Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$126,466
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
AREA, ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES · CIP 05
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Minnesota State University-Mankato
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
$732,188
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,200
- HS-only baseline · MN
- $39,400
- 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 Minnesota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Minnesota State University-Mankato graduates earn $X” — not “Minnesota State University-Mankato makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Minnesota State University-Mankato 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.