+20%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Arcadia University rose 20% between 2006 and 2009 ($26.0k → $31.3k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Arcadia University
Glenside, Pennsylvania. 1,799 undergraduate students. 92 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Arcadia 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.
-92%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Arcadia University fell 92% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.1%).
+15%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Arcadia University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7k → 1.9k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania
Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$58,336+33% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$44,004
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry64.0%-16% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$21,852+162% · '97→'20
At program completion1,799+19% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.5%+4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time79.2%+0% · '01→'24
latest cohort$48,290+178% · '00→'24
out-of-state $48,290SECTION 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
5.0%Median federal debt $21,852 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $58,336 (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.
+178%
Arcadia University · in-state tuition rose
$17,850 → $49,610
+75%
Arcadia University · out-of-state tuition rose
$17,850 → $31,260
+162%
Arcadia University · median debt rose
$10,323 → $27,000
-98%
Arcadia University · cohort default rate fell
4.8% → 0.1%
+26%
Arcadia University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$46,400 → $58,336
+22%
Arcadia University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$44,500 → $54,111
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.
Public Health.$127,682Genetics.$95,202Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.$84,341Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$82,483Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$72,944Biology, General.$72,595Computer and Information Sciences, General.$70,538Accounting and Related Services.$66,246Security Science and Technology.$65,139International Business.$64,245Special Education and Teaching.$64,215Health and Medical Administrative Services.$61,820Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$57,972Psychology, General.$54,051International/Global Studies.$52,123Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$51,766Criminology.$51,702Communication and Media Studies.$51,035History.$48,973English Language and Literature, General.$38,833Fine and Studio Arts.$34,890Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.$18,385
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
22 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
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Arcadia 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
$560,487
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,027
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 26
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 Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Arcadia University graduates earn $X” — not “Arcadia University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Arcadia 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.