+18%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Chatham University rose 18% between 2006 and 2009 ($24.0k → $28.3k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1,252 undergraduate students. 89 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Chatham 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 Chatham University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.6% → 0.0%).
+11%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Chatham University rose 11% between 2017 and 2020 ($20.9k → $23.2k).
+23%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Chatham University rose 23% between 2006 and 2009 (47.1% → 58.1%).
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.
$52,410+8% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$48,709
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry66.2%+4% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$18,326+111% · '97→'20
At program completion1,252+155% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.7%+10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time70.1%-14% · '01→'24
latest cohort$43,810+147% · '00→'24
out-of-state $43,810SECTION 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
4.7%Median federal debt $18,326 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $52,410 (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.
+155%
Chatham University · undergrad enrollment rose
483 → 1,232
+147%
Chatham University · in-state tuition rose
$18,080 → $44,626
+56%
Chatham University · out-of-state tuition rose
$18,080 → $28,290
+111%
Chatham University · median debt rose
$11,000 → $23,250
-100%
Chatham University · cohort default rate fell
3.0% → 0.0%
+39%
Chatham University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,600 → $52,410
+49%
Chatham University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$33,000 → $49,088
+68%
Chatham University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,000 → $48,709
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.$154,532Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$116,195Business Administration, Management and Operations.$89,095Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$85,240Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$82,161Biology, General.$72,132Biology, General.$67,582Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$60,507Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$50,842Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.$45,682Psychology, General.$45,362
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.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$116,195Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$60,507Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$82,161Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$85,240Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$154,532
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Chatham 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
$1,123,455
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,983
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 6
- 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 Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Chatham University graduates earn $X” — not “Chatham University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Chatham 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.