-11%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Cameron University are 11% below the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($40.1k vs $45.0k).
Oklahoma · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Cameron University
Lawton, Oklahoma. 2,534 undergraduate students. 45 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cameron 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Cameron University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.0% → 0.0%).
-50%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 50% at Cameron University vs the 2003–2007 baseline (2.5k vs 5.1k).
+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Cameron University rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($6.5k → $7.1k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Oklahoma
Each tile compares this institution to the Oklahoma median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$40,118+20% · 6→10y
Oklahoma median $38,465$33,447
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry21.5%+35% · '97→'24
Oklahoma median 52.9%$11,000+573% · '97→'20
At program completion2,534+8% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS66.3%+29% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,900+272% · '00→'24
out-of-state $16,320SECTION 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 $11,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,118 (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.
+35%
Cameron University · completion · 150% rose
22.8% → 30.7%
+357%
Cameron University · completion · 100% rose
5.0% → 22.7%
+29%
Cameron University · retention rose
52.0% → 67.2%
+272%
Cameron University · in-state tuition rose
$1,908 → $7,095
+277%
Cameron University · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,385 → $16,515
+573%
Cameron University · median debt rose
$3,195 → $21,500
-100%
Cameron University · cohort default rate fell
19.9% → 0.0%
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.
Business/Commerce, General.$90,614Computer and Information Sciences, General.$66,065Computer and Information Sciences, General.$64,075Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$57,641Educational Administration and Supervision.$57,224Business Administration, Management and Operations.$53,090Business Administration, Management and Operations.$53,051Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$52,549Criminal Justice and Corrections.$51,199Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$50,427Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$46,795Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$46,214Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$44,687Agriculture, General.$42,686Psychology, General.$40,174Communication and Media Studies.$39,460
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 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
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Cameron 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
$442,360
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 4
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,461
- HS-only baseline · OK
- $33,800
- Years to complete
- 2
- 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 Oklahoma
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Cameron University graduates earn $X” — not “Cameron University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cameron 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.