-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Nebraska at Kearney fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.7% → 0.0%).
Nebraska · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, Nebraska. 4,130 undergraduate students. 59 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Nebraska at Kearney
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.
+12%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Nebraska at Kearney rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 (31.9% → 35.7%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Nebraska
Each tile compares this institution to the Nebraska median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$50,105+16% · 6→10y
Nebraska median $47,592$43,241
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry59.8%+78% · '97→'24
Nebraska median 55.9%$13,070+271% · '97→'20
At program completion4,130-35% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS76.6%-2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time85.8%-7% · '01→'24
latest cohort$8,302+186% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,260SECTION 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 $13,070 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,105 (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.
+78%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · completion · 150% rose
32.5% → 57.7%
+140%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · completion · 100% rose
14.9% → 35.7%
-35%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · undergrad enrollment fell
6,289 → 4,088
+186%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · in-state tuition rose
$3,032 → $8,676
+199%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,120 → $15,284
+271%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · median debt rose
$5,250 → $19,500
-100%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · cohort default rate fell
5.5% → 0.0%
+31%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · earnings_median_10yr rose
$38,300 → $50,105
+36%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,400 → $48,009
+33%
University of Nebraska at Kearney · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,600 → $43,241
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.
Educational Administration and Supervision.$77,134Business Administration, Management and Operations.$71,637Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$64,976Fine and Studio Arts.$63,624Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$63,591History.$62,954Agricultural Business and Management.$62,723Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$61,810Biology, General.$61,239Curriculum and Instruction.$60,832Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$59,341Special Education and Teaching.$58,907Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$58,876Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies.$58,149Biology, General.$55,896Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$53,439Psychology, General.$53,289History.$52,940Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$52,815Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$51,268Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$50,597Criminal Justice and Corrections.$49,731Music.$48,195Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.$47,989
Showing top 24 of 32 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
32 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$44,982Curriculum and Instruction.$60,832Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$63,591Educational Administration and Supervision.$77,134Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$64,976Special Education and Teaching.$58,907Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$51,268Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$59,341Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$61,810
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
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Nebraska at Kearney
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
$629,841
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,549
- HS-only baseline · NE
- $36,900
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
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 Nebraska
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Nebraska at Kearney graduates earn $X” — not “University of Nebraska at Kearney makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Nebraska at Kearney 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.