-27%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Cairn University-Langhorne fell 27% between 2021 and 2024 (46.3% → 33.9%).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Cairn University-Langhorne
Langhorne, Pennsylvania. 782 undergraduate students. 45 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cairn University-Langhorne
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 Cairn University-Langhorne fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.1% → 0.0%).
-22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 22% at Cairn University-Langhorne vs the 2003–2007 baseline (782 vs 997).
+20%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Cairn University-Langhorne rose 20% between 2006 and 2009 ($15.9k → $19.1k).
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.
$44,172+19% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$37,077
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry65.2%+12% · '00→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$17,063+340% · '97→'20
At program completion782+20% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS83.7%-8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time83.6%+36% · '01→'24
latest cohort$32,625+228% · '00→'24
out-of-state $32,625SECTION 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
5.1%Median federal debt $17,063 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $44,172 (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.
+90%
Cairn University-Langhorne · completion · 100% rose
17.8% → 33.9%
+20%
Cairn University-Langhorne · undergrad enrollment rose
840 → 1,008
+228%
Cairn University-Langhorne · in-state tuition rose
$10,355 → $34,009
+84%
Cairn University-Langhorne · out-of-state tuition rose
$10,355 → $19,072
+340%
Cairn University-Langhorne · median debt rose
$6,125 → $26,926
-100%
Cairn University-Langhorne · cohort default rate fell
3.8% → 0.0%
+469%
Cairn University-Langhorne · pell share rose
5.6% → 32.0%
+27%
Cairn University-Langhorne · earnings_median_10yr rose
$34,900 → $44,172
+42%
Cairn University-Langhorne · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,900 → $43,976
+34%
Cairn University-Langhorne · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,600 → $37,077
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
3 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Cairn University-Langhorne
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
$203,298
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 19
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $29,663
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- 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 Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Cairn University-Langhorne graduates earn $X” — not “Cairn University-Langhorne makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cairn University-Langhorne 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.