+19%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Saint Louis University rose 19% between 2006 and 2009 ($26.2k → $31.3k).
Missouri · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
SLU
Saint Louis, Missouri. 7,324 undergraduate students. 208 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at SLU
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 Saint Louis University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.9% → 0.0%).
+14%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Saint Louis University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($48.8k → $55.8k).
+52%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Saint Louis University are 52% above the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($70.8k vs $46.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Missouri
Each tile compares this institution to the Missouri median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$70,783+17% · 6→10y
Missouri median $40,979$60,716
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry79.8%+32% · '97→'24
Missouri median 59.3%$19,500+172% · '97→'20
At program completion7,324+36% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS88.7%-0% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time81.5%+9% · '01→'24
latest cohort$53,244+70% · '00→'09
out-of-state $53,244SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $19,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $70,783 (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.
+32%
SLU · completion · 150% rose
60.3% → 79.5%
+77%
SLU · completion · 100% rose
40.9% → 72.4%
+36%
SLU · undergrad enrollment rose
5,329 → 7,267
+70%
SLU · in-state tuition rose
$18,400 → $31,342
+203%
SLU · out-of-state tuition rose
$18,400 → $55,760
+172%
SLU · median debt rose
$9,187 → $25,000
-100%
SLU · cohort default rate fell
4.1% → 0.0%
+285%
SLU · pell share rose
2.6% → 16.9%
+29%
SLU · earnings_median_10yr rose
$55,000 → $70,783
+36%
SLU · earnings_median_8yr rose
$48,800 → $66,316
+38%
SLU · earnings_median_6yr rose
$43,900 → $60,716
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.
Dentistry.$200,627International Business.$145,325Medicine.$141,254Business Administration, Management and Operations.$119,817Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$119,271Health and Medical Administrative Services.$108,454Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$106,239Law.$98,725Computer and Information Sciences, General.$95,914Accounting and Related Services.$92,402Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.$92,038Educational Administration and Supervision.$90,924Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$84,493Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,449Business Administration, Management and Operations.$80,246Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$77,984Health and Medical Administrative Services.$76,434Mathematics.$75,468Public Health.$73,630Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$72,049Human Resources Management and Services.$71,839Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$71,023Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$68,231Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$67,569
Showing top 24 of 45 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
45 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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,449Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$119,271Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$84,493Health and Medical Administrative Services.$76,434Health and Medical Administrative Services.$108,454Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$71,023Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$67,569Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$72,049Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$106,239Public Health.$60,833Public Health.$73,630Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$57,723Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$68,231Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$67,195Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$64,628Dentistry.$200,627Medicine.$141,254Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$55,754Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$65,319
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AREA, ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES · CIP 05
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at SLU
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
$751,541
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,950
- HS-only baseline · MO
- $35,100
- 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 Missouri
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“SLU graduates earn $X” — not “SLU makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending SLU 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.