-23%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 23% at The College of Saint Scholastica vs the 2018–2022 baseline (1.7k vs 2.2k).
Minnesota · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
The College of Saint Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota. 1,725 undergraduate students. 77 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at The College of Saint Scholastica
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 The College of Saint Scholastica fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.7% → 0.0%).
-17%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at The College of Saint Scholastica fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (2.1k → 1.8k).
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.
$65,934+6% · 6→10y
Minnesota median $48,321$62,332
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry63.0%+36% · '97→'24
Minnesota median 54.7%$17,125+90% · '97→'20
At program completion1,725+20% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.9%-1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time93.8%+6% · '01→'24
latest cohort$40,454+158% · '00→'24
out-of-state $40,454SECTION 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
3.5%Median federal debt $17,125 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $65,934 (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.
+36%
The College of Saint Scholastica · completion · 150% rose
51.8% → 70.5%
+49%
The College of Saint Scholastica · completion · 100% rose
41.3% → 61.5%
+158%
The College of Saint Scholastica · in-state tuition rose
$16,190 → $41,778
+158%
The College of Saint Scholastica · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,190 → $41,778
+90%
The College of Saint Scholastica · median debt rose
$10,500 → $20,000
-100%
The College of Saint Scholastica · cohort default rate fell
5.2% → 0.0%
+34%
The College of Saint Scholastica · earnings_median_10yr rose
$49,100 → $65,934
+40%
The College of Saint Scholastica · earnings_median_8yr rose
$46,100 → $64,743
+42%
The College of Saint Scholastica · earnings_median_6yr rose
$43,900 → $62,332
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.$124,928Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$100,618Business/Commerce, General.$98,162Business Administration, Management and Operations.$96,017Biology, General.$88,632Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$85,927Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$84,270Computer and Information Sciences, General.$81,225Health and Medical Administrative Services.$80,807Business Administration, Management and Operations.$67,754Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$66,995Social Work.$66,642Accounting and Related Services.$65,301Marketing.$63,886Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$61,584Health and Medical Administrative Services.$61,013Human Resources Management and Services.$59,691Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.$59,097Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,853Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$55,949Psychology, General.$54,852Social Work.$51,589
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
22 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
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$84,270Health and Medical Administrative Services.$80,807Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$56,853Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$66,995Health and Medical Administrative Services.$61,013Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$55,949Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$85,927Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$124,928Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$100,618
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at The College of Saint Scholastica
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
$758,928
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,824
- 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
“The College of Saint Scholastica graduates earn $X” — not “The College of Saint Scholastica makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending The College of Saint Scholastica 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.