+29%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology rose 29% between 2006 and 2009 ($14.0k → $18.0k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 650 undergraduate students. 34 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
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 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.4% → 0.0%).
+53%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology rose 53% between 2006 and 2009 (92 → 141).
+52%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology are 52% above 6-year earnings ($34.4k → $52.4k).
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.
$52,374+52% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$34,365
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.4%
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$11,848+500% · '06→'20
At program completion650+53% · '06→'09
latest IPEDS72.5%+105% · '06→'24
first-time, full-time81.8%+62% · '06→'24
latest cohort$23,900+74% · '06→'24
out-of-state $23,900SECTION 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
3.0%Median federal debt $11,848 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $52,374 (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.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+663%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · completion · 100% rose
3.0% → 23.1%
+105%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · retention rose
36.0% → 73.9%
+25%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · undergrad enrollment rose
92 → 141
+74%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · in-state tuition rose
$14,000 → $24,400
+500%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · median debt rose
$4,500 → $27,000
-100%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · cohort default rate fell
19.3% → 0.0%
+34%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · earnings_median_8yr rose
$31,200 → $41,842
+24%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,800 → $34,365
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
2 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
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
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
$478,988
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,510
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 11
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
“Harrisburg University of Science and Technology graduates earn $X” — not “Harrisburg University of Science and Technology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Harrisburg University of Science and Technology 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.