+17%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Washington & Jefferson College rose 17% between 2006 and 2009 ($28.1k → $32.9k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington, Pennsylvania. 1,154 undergraduate students. 37 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Washington & Jefferson College
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 Washington & Jefferson College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.0% → 0.0%).
-41%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Washington & Jefferson College fell 41% between 2021 and 2024 ($50.2k → $29.4k).
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.
$67,918+30% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$52,082
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry71.4%-8% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$26,000+90% · '97→'20
At program completion1,154+32% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS81.9%-4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time81.5%-6% · '01→'24
latest cohort$28,185+52% · '00→'24
out-of-state $28,185SECTION 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 $26,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $67,918 (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.
+32%
Washington & Jefferson College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,117 → 1,479
+52%
Washington & Jefferson College · in-state tuition rose
$19,275 → $29,392
+71%
Washington & Jefferson College · out-of-state tuition rose
$19,275 → $32,895
+90%
Washington & Jefferson College · median debt rose
$14,221 → $27,000
-100%
Washington & Jefferson College · cohort default rate fell
3.3% → 0.0%
+69%
Washington & Jefferson College · pell share rose
18.4% → 31.1%
+30%
Washington & Jefferson College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$52,300 → $67,918
+34%
Washington & Jefferson College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$46,900 → $62,758
+34%
Washington & Jefferson College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$38,900 → $52,082
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
7 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
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Washington & Jefferson College
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
$501,944
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,139
- 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
“Washington & Jefferson College graduates earn $X” — not “Washington & Jefferson College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Washington & Jefferson College 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.