CIP 2401 · Bachelor's Degree · University of Nebraska at Kearney

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at University of Nebraska at Kearney

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of University of Nebraska at Kearney. 53 completers in the most recent 4-year window (41 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $44,063.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$44,063
Nebraska CIP-4 median $53,598
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$43,055
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$13,250
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
53
41 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at University of Nebraska at Kearney

4.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $13,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $44,063.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

3.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Nebraska CIP 2401 peer-median earnings $53,598.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$13,250
$21,250$13,25020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201953
532020142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-38%

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at University of Nebraska at Kearney · debt_median fell

21,250 → 13,250

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
$92,375
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 23
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 23year 0year 39
Cost per year
$14,549
HS-only baseline · NE
$36,900
Years to complete
4
CIP family
24

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 2401

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities across Nebraska institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Nebraska Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

University of Nebraska at OmahaPEER$53,598346 grads
University of Nebraska at KearneyTHIS PROGRAM$44,06353 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →