-13%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of Memphis fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (14.6k → 12.7k).
Tennessee · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee. 13,645 undergraduate students. 161 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Memphis
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 University of Memphis fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.5% → 0.0%).
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.
$48,458+18% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$40,921
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry49.4%+60% · '97→'24
Tennessee median 57.6%$15,809+483% · '97→'20
At program completion13,645-10% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS71.2%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time93.4%-0% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,344+248% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,784SECTION 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
4.3%Median federal debt $15,809 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,458 (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%
University of Memphis · completion · 150% rose
31.9% → 50.9%
+108%
University of Memphis · completion · 100% rose
16.1% → 33.4%
+248%
University of Memphis · in-state tuition rose
$3,087 → $10,728
+73%
University of Memphis · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,873 → $15,384
+483%
University of Memphis · median debt rose
$4,000 → $23,300
-100%
University of Memphis · cohort default rate fell
9.2% → 0.0%
+23%
University of Memphis · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,500 → $48,458
+21%
University of Memphis · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,700 → $44,264
+24%
University of Memphis · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,000 → $40,921
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.$121,773Business Administration, Management and Operations.$111,623Health and Medical Administrative Services.$102,160Computer Engineering.$94,793Accounting and Related Services.$94,598Mechanical Engineering.$86,402Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$84,827Law.$83,228Computer Science.$79,929Engineering Technology, General.$78,885Civil Engineering.$78,233Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,543Mathematics.$74,774Chemistry.$74,721Management Information Systems and Services.$72,291Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$67,415Accounting and Related Services.$65,542Finance and Financial Management Services.$63,377Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$60,703Social Work.$59,724Public Administration.$59,574Public Health.$59,405Business Administration, Management and Operations.$58,570International Business.$57,293
Showing top 24 of 53 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
53 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
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,543Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$121,773Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$57,281Public Health.$59,405Health and Medical Administrative Services.$102,160
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$111,623Accounting and Related Services.$65,542Business Administration, Management and Operations.$58,570Finance and Financial Management Services.$63,377Marketing.$51,803Management Information Systems and Services.$72,291Accounting and Related Services.$94,598Hospitality Administration/Management.$44,977International Business.$57,293Business/Managerial Economics.$54,066
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Memphis
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
$245,874
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 13
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,357
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 31
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
“University of Memphis graduates earn $X” — not “University of Memphis makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Memphis 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.