+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Mid-America Christian University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($18.8k → $21.3k).
Oklahoma · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Mid-America Christian University
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1,532 undergraduate students. 51 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Mid-America Christian 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 Mid-America Christian University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.9% → 0.0%).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Mid-America Christian University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($18.8k → $21.3k).
+12%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Mid-America Christian University rose 12% between 2017 and 2020 ($23.5k → $26.4k).
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.
$46,116+17% · 6→10y
Oklahoma median $38,465$39,265
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry33.3%+50% · '98→'24
Oklahoma median 52.9%$15,444+265% · '97→'20
At program completion1,532+127% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS70.5%+42% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$19,896+186% · '01→'24
out-of-state $19,896SECTION 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
4.5%Median federal debt $15,444 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,116 (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.
+50%
Mid-America Christian University · completion · 150% rose
29.5% → 44.2%
+159%
Mid-America Christian University · completion · 100% rose
11.4% → 29.5%
+42%
Mid-America Christian University · retention rose
46.0% → 65.1%
+127%
Mid-America Christian University · undergrad enrollment rose
444 → 1,006
+186%
Mid-America Christian University · in-state tuition rose
$7,450 → $21,294
+186%
Mid-America Christian University · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,450 → $21,294
+265%
Mid-America Christian University · median debt rose
$7,239 → $26,394
-100%
Mid-America Christian University · cohort default rate fell
16.0% → 0.0%
+20%
Mid-America Christian University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,600 → $39,265
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.
Management Information Systems and Services.$83,679Health and Medical Administrative Services.$70,349Business Administration, Management and Operations.$68,395Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$67,859Business Administration, Management and Operations.$54,348Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$52,630Criminal Justice and Corrections.$52,548Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$48,095Theology and Religious Vocations, Other.$47,908Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$36,473Behavioral Sciences.$30,240
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
11 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS · CIP 39
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Mid-America Christian 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
$371,782
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,256
- HS-only baseline · OK
- $33,800
- 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 Oklahoma
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Mid-America Christian University graduates earn $X” — not “Mid-America Christian University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Mid-America Christian 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.