-36%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 36% at La Salle University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (2.0k vs 3.1k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
La Salle University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1,966 undergraduate students. 120 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at La Salle 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.
-27%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at La Salle University fell 26% between 2021 and 2024 (2.7k → 2.0k).
+18%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at La Salle University rose 18% between 2006 and 2009 ($27.7k → $32.7k).
+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at La Salle University rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($33.1k → $37.8k).
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.
$67,416+26% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$53,701
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry57.9%+5% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$17,500+115% · '97→'20
At program completion1,966-48% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS69.4%-13% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time86.2%+20% · '01→'24
latest cohort$35,570+105% · '00→'24
out-of-state $35,570SECTION 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
3.5%Median federal debt $17,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $67,416 (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.
-13%
La Salle University · retention fell
85.0% → 73.9%
-48%
La Salle University · undergrad enrollment fell
3,770 → 1,953
+105%
La Salle University · in-state tuition rose
$18,400 → $37,800
+78%
La Salle University · out-of-state tuition rose
$18,400 → $32,700
+115%
La Salle University · median debt rose
$11,625 → $25,000
-100%
La Salle University · cohort default rate fell
3.6% → 0.0%
+48%
La Salle University · pell share rose
23.7% → 35.0%
+23%
La Salle University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$54,900 → $67,416
+20%
La Salle University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$44,700 → $53,701
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.$128,324Business Administration, Management and Operations.$118,552Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$110,365Finance and Financial Management Services.$106,411Accounting and Related Services.$104,622Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$94,231Finance and Financial Management Services.$91,270Accounting and Related Services.$79,680Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$78,615Business Administration, Management and Operations.$73,582Marketing.$70,031Education, General.$69,890Biology, General.$67,643Criminal Justice and Corrections.$62,855Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$62,299Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$60,428Communication and Media Studies.$54,978Public Health.$50,820Psychology, General.$50,289Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$31,089
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$94,231Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$128,324Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$78,615Public Health.$50,820Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$60,428
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Marketing.$70,031Finance and Financial Management Services.$91,270Business Administration, Management and Operations.$118,552Accounting and Related Services.$79,680Accounting and Related Services.$104,622Finance and Financial Management Services.$106,411Business Administration, Management and Operations.$73,582
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at La Salle 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
$956,749
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,016
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- 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
“La Salle University graduates earn $X” — not “La Salle University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending La Salle 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.