-28%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Mississippi Valley State University are 28% below the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($31.9k vs $44.1k).
Mississippi · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, Mississippi. 1,326 undergraduate students. 35 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Mississippi Valley State University
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.
8.0%
Debt-to-earnings
Debt-to-earnings ratio of 8.0% at Mississippi Valley State University exceeds the 8% gainful-employment threshold ($19.2k debt amortized over 10 years vs $31.9k earnings).
-18%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Mississippi Valley State University fell 18% between 2021 and 2024 (18.2% → 14.9%).
-6pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 6 pp at Mississippi Valley State University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (22.1% vs 28.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Mississippi
Each tile compares this institution to the Mississippi median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$31,919+24% · 6→10y
Mississippi median $33,017$25,817
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry22.1%+1% · '97→'24
Mississippi median 46.9%$19,203+809% · '97→'20
At program completion1,326-32% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS57.6%-6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time51.2%+106% · '01→'24
latest cohort$7,912+180% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,912SECTION 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
8.0%Median federal debt $19,203 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $31,919 (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.
+69%
Mississippi Valley State University · completion · 100% rose
8.8% → 14.9%
-32%
Mississippi Valley State University · undergrad enrollment fell
2,119 → 1,439
+180%
Mississippi Valley State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,746 → $7,692
+809%
Mississippi Valley State University · median debt rose
$3,125 → $28,413
-100%
Mississippi Valley State University · cohort default rate fell
16.9% → 0.0%
-34%
Mississippi Valley State University · pell share fell
84.8% → 56.4%
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.
Social Work.$41,495Business Administration, Management and Operations.$40,180Biology, General.$38,775Criminal Justice and Corrections.$36,947Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$36,905Business Administration, Management and Operations.$33,645Criminal Justice and Corrections.$33,583Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$28,591Social Work.$26,814
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Mississippi Valley State University
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
-$115,509
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $14,074
- HS-only baseline · MS
- $30,200
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 13
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 Mississippi
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Mississippi Valley State University graduates earn $X” — not “Mississippi Valley State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Mississippi Valley State University 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.