-15%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Rivier University fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (60.4% → 51.7%).
New Hampshire · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Rivier University
Nashua, New Hampshire. 1,312 undergraduate students. 74 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Rivier 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.
-12%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Rivier University fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (1.4k → 1.2k).
+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Rivier University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.5k → $39.5k).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Rivier University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.5k → $39.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Hampshire
Each tile compares this institution to the New Hampshire median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$52,248-4% · 6→10y
New Hampshire median $49,690$54,599
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry58.7%-4% · '97→'24
New Hampshire median 58.4%$21,000+194% · '97→'20
At program completion1,312-14% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS76.2%+4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time81.8%+5% · '01→'24
latest cohort$37,791+160% · '00→'24
out-of-state $37,791SECTION 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
5.4%Median federal debt $21,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $52,248 (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.
+160%
Rivier University · in-state tuition rose
$15,210 → $39,488
+160%
Rivier University · out-of-state tuition rose
$15,210 → $39,488
+194%
Rivier University · median debt rose
$9,159 → $26,956
-100%
Rivier University · cohort default rate fell
2.8% → 0.0%
+41%
Rivier University · pell share rose
20.0% → 28.3%
+36%
Rivier University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$40,100 → $54,599
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.$115,222Business Administration, Management and Operations.$91,210Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$84,892Business Administration, Management and Operations.$69,272Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$64,112Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$52,753Special Education and Teaching.$52,700Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$49,644Psychology, General.$48,244Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$36,672
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 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
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Rivier 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
$733,013
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $24,462
- HS-only baseline · NH
- $40,300
- 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 New Hampshire
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Rivier University graduates earn $X” — not “Rivier University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Rivier 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.