-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Winston-Salem State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.2% → 0.0%).
North Carolina · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 4,244 undergraduate students. 54 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Winston-Salem 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.
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. North Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the North Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$45,344+12% · 6→10y
North Carolina median $36,030$40,557
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry48.5%+25% · '97→'24
North Carolina median 46.1%$18,447+614% · '97→'20
At program completion4,244+49% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS74.8%-1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time68.5%+17% · '01→'24
latest cohort$6,735+239% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,391SECTION 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 $18,447 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,344 (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.
+25%
Winston-Salem State University · completion · 150% rose
37.4% → 46.7%
+119%
Winston-Salem State University · completion · 100% rose
13.7% → 30.0%
+49%
Winston-Salem State University · undergrad enrollment rose
2,799 → 4,170
+239%
Winston-Salem State University · in-state tuition rose
$1,805 → $6,126
+104%
Winston-Salem State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,223 → $16,782
+614%
Winston-Salem State University · median debt rose
$3,500 → $25,000
-100%
Winston-Salem State University · cohort default rate fell
12.1% → 0.0%
+25%
Winston-Salem State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$36,200 → $45,344
+35%
Winston-Salem State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$32,600 → $43,867
+34%
Winston-Salem State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,300 → $40,557
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.$118,073Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$90,654Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$89,276Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$66,872Computer and Information Sciences, General.$62,915Computer Science.$58,212Political Science and Government.$56,570Accounting and Related Services.$53,840Biology, General.$46,686Business Administration, Management and Operations.$46,119Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$45,607Health and Medical Administrative Services.$45,411Social Work.$45,131Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$44,551Criminal Justice and Corrections.$44,456Psychology, General.$40,888Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$39,811Sociology.$39,750Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$35,537Communication and Media Studies.$35,446
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 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
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
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$89,276Health and Medical Administrative Services.$45,411Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$66,872Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$39,811Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$118,073Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$90,654
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Winston-Salem 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
$931,238
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,668
- HS-only baseline · NC
- $35,600
- 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 North Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Winston-Salem State University graduates earn $X” — not “Winston-Salem State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Winston-Salem 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.