+16%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Tennessee Technological University rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($9.8k → $11.4k).
Tennessee · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee. 8,495 undergraduate students. 88 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Tennessee Technological 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 Tennessee Technological University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2% → 0.0%).
-22%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Tennessee Technological University fell 21% between 2021 and 2024 ($19.8k → $15.6k).
-11%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Tennessee Technological University fell 11% between 2017 and 2020 ($17.6k → $15.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Tennessee
Each tile compares this institution to the Tennessee median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$48,501+11% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$43,759
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry54.2%+39% · '97→'24
Tennessee median 57.6%$11,000+297% · '97→'20
At program completion8,495+22% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.5%+10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time83.2%-10% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,084+327% · '00→'24
out-of-state $20,116SECTION 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 $11,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,501 (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.
+39%
Tennessee Technological University · completion · 150% rose
41.5% → 57.7%
+203%
Tennessee Technological University · completion · 100% rose
13.6% → 41.1%
+10%
Tennessee Technological University · retention rose
71.0% → 78.2%
+22%
Tennessee Technological University · undergrad enrollment rose
7,105 → 8,698
+327%
Tennessee Technological University · in-state tuition rose
$2,667 → $11,376
+88%
Tennessee Technological University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,295 → $15,576
+297%
Tennessee Technological University · median debt rose
$3,938 → $15,650
-100%
Tennessee Technological University · cohort default rate fell
3.9% → 0.0%
+23%
Tennessee Technological University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,500 → $48,501
+25%
Tennessee Technological University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$37,200 → $46,379
+27%
Tennessee Technological University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,400 → $43,759
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 Engineering.$105,082Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$104,231Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$100,700Computer Science.$92,817Business Administration, Management and Operations.$88,328Mechanical Engineering.$88,130Chemical Engineering.$86,320Engineering Technology, General.$78,409Civil Engineering.$75,845Educational Administration and Supervision.$69,095Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$63,546Finance and Financial Management Services.$61,956Business Administration, Management and Operations.$60,912Accounting and Related Services.$60,887Agriculture, General.$57,554Chemistry.$57,440Biology, General.$55,612Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$50,780Marketing.$50,694Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$50,438Curriculum and Instruction.$48,554Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.$48,176Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$47,032Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.$46,021
Showing top 24 of 34 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
34 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Tennessee Technological 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
$38,529
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 26
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,405
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 13
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 Tennessee
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Tennessee Technological University graduates earn $X” — not “Tennessee Technological University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Tennessee Technological 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.