-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Dakota State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
South Dakota · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Dakota State University
Madison, South Dakota. 1,969 undergraduate students. 53 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Dakota State 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.
+20%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Dakota State University rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 (28.4% → 34.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. South Dakota
Each tile compares this institution to the South Dakota median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$50,970+10% · 6→10y
South Dakota median $46,709$46,146
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry49.3%+60% · '97→'24
South Dakota median 59.6%$14,250+388% · '97→'20
At program completion1,969+59% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS75.3%+22% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time97.9%-4% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,633+171% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,735SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $14,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,970 (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.
+60%
Dakota State University · completion · 150% rose
32.1% → 51.3%
+694%
Dakota State University · completion · 100% rose
4.3% → 34.2%
+22%
Dakota State University · retention rose
62.0% → 75.5%
+59%
Dakota State University · undergrad enrollment rose
1,302 → 2,071
+171%
Dakota State University · in-state tuition rose
$3,567 → $9,654
+70%
Dakota State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,520 → $12,756
+388%
Dakota State University · median debt rose
$4,820 → $23,500
-100%
Dakota State University · cohort default rate fell
6.9% → 0.0%
+31%
Dakota State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$38,900 → $50,970
+29%
Dakota State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,300 → $46,966
+34%
Dakota State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,500 → $46,146
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.
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$130,226Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$82,915Information Science/Studies.$78,642Computer and Information Sciences, General.$67,572Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$66,685Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$61,944Business Administration, Management and Operations.$55,529Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$54,583Health and Medical Administrative Services.$51,400Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$50,240Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$44,432Special Education and Teaching.$42,986Computer Software and Media Applications.$41,222
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
13 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
EDUCATION · CIP 13
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Dakota State 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
$977,935
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $20,432
- HS-only baseline · SD
- $35,900
- 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 South Dakota
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Dakota State University graduates earn $X” — not “Dakota State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Dakota State 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.