-13%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Saint Edward's University fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (2.9k → 2.5k).
Texas · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Saint Edward's University
Austin, Texas. 2,729 undergraduate students. 74 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Saint Edward's 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.
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$58,826+23% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$47,743
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry64.2%+42% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$20,000+38% · '97→'09
At program completion2,729+0% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.0%-5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time83.7%+10% · '01→'24
latest cohort$51,384+332% · '00→'24
out-of-state $51,384SECTION 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
4.5%Median federal debt $20,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $58,826 (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.
+42%
Saint Edward's University · completion · 150% rose
44.1% → 62.6%
+171%
Saint Edward's University · completion · 100% rose
19.3% → 52.2%
+332%
Saint Edward's University · in-state tuition rose
$11,896 → $51,384
+332%
Saint Edward's University · out-of-state tuition rose
$11,896 → $51,384
+38%
Saint Edward's University · median debt rose
$10,500 → $14,500
+69%
Saint Edward's University · pell share rose
25.0% → 42.4%
+29%
Saint Edward's University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$45,600 → $58,826
+25%
Saint Edward's University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$42,800 → $53,665
+21%
Saint Edward's University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,300 → $47,743
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.
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$100,977Accounting and Related Services.$78,312Marketing.$78,050International Business.$76,497Finance and Financial Management Services.$72,576Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.$71,684Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,712Political Science and Government.$60,291Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$60,067Criminal Justice and Corrections.$59,686International/Global Studies.$58,748Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,525Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$55,361Communication and Media Studies.$54,095Biology, General.$53,800Social Work.$48,185Psychology, General.$47,697Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.$44,767Design and Applied Arts.$42,871English Language and Literature, General.$37,142
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.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
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
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Saint Edward's 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
$73,199
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 24
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,064
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 42
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 Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Saint Edward's University graduates earn $X” — not “Saint Edward's University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Saint Edward's 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.