+20%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Texas Christian University rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 ($51.7k → $61.7k).
Texas · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
TCU
Fort Worth, Texas. 10,919 undergraduate students. 142 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at TCU
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.
+28%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Texas Christian University are 28% above the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($68.4k vs $53.4k).
+20%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Texas Christian University rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 ($51.7k → $61.7k).
+19%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Texas Christian University rose 19% between 2006 and 2009 ($12.1k → $14.4k).
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.
$68,424+13% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$60,435
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry85.6%+36% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$19,000+231% · '97→'09
At program completion10,919+97% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS94.3%+12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time42.6%-38% · '01→'24
latest cohort$57,220+311% · '01→'24
out-of-state $57,220SECTION 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 $19,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $68,424 (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.
+36%
TCU · completion · 150% rose
62.7% → 85.5%
+115%
TCU · completion · 100% rose
34.4% → 73.9%
+12%
TCU · retention rose
83.0% → 92.9%
+97%
TCU · undergrad enrollment rose
5,587 → 11,026
+311%
TCU · in-state tuition rose
$15,040 → $61,740
+311%
TCU · out-of-state tuition rose
$15,040 → $61,740
+231%
TCU · median debt rose
$4,344 → $14,375
+34%
TCU · pell share rose
10.7% → 14.3%
+38%
TCU · earnings_median_10yr rose
$49,700 → $68,424
+50%
TCU · earnings_median_8yr rose
$45,100 → $67,491
+45%
TCU · earnings_median_6yr rose
$41,600 → $60,435
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.$176,235Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$167,424Business Administration, Management and Operations.$143,476Finance and Financial Management Services.$112,562Business Administration, Management and Operations.$108,968Accounting and Related Services.$106,875Engineering, General.$103,407Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$99,773Accounting and Related Services.$99,015Marketing.$95,158Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$91,050Economics.$83,781Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.$81,217Educational Administration and Supervision.$76,023Political Science and Government.$74,744Communication and Media Studies.$73,722Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$73,192Journalism.$65,831Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$63,988Biology, General.$63,409Social Work.$62,618Sociology.$61,785Social Work.$60,687Design and Applied Arts.$60,241
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.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS · CIP 39
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
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.$91,050Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$63,988Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$73,192Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$167,424Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$176,235
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Finance and Financial Management Services.$112,562Business Administration, Management and Operations.$143,476Marketing.$95,158Accounting and Related Services.$99,015Business Administration, Management and Operations.$108,968Accounting and Related Services.$106,875Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations.$52,239Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$99,773
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at TCU
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
$921,568
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,714
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
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
“TCU graduates earn $X” — not “TCU makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending TCU 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.