+39%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Texas Lutheran University rose 38% between 2006 and 2009 ($8.1k → $11.2k).
Texas · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Texas Lutheran University
Seguin, Texas. 1,260 undergraduate students. 36 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Texas Lutheran 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.
-15%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Texas Lutheran University fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (35.0% → 29.7%).
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.
$53,863+12% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$48,125
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry55.2%+26% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$14,315+16% · '97→'09
At program completion1,260+6% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.2%-9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time94.8%+18% · '01→'24
latest cohort$34,920+190% · '00→'24
out-of-state $34,920SECTION 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
3.5%Median federal debt $14,315 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $53,863 (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.
+26%
Texas Lutheran University · completion · 150% rose
42.7% → 53.8%
+190%
Texas Lutheran University · in-state tuition rose
$12,500 → $36,230
+190%
Texas Lutheran University · out-of-state tuition rose
$12,500 → $36,230
+33%
Texas Lutheran University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$38,600 → $51,357
+36%
Texas Lutheran University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$35,300 → $48,125
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.
Accounting and Related Services.$95,849Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,941Sociology.$62,245Biology, General.$61,928Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$56,048Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$54,342Psychology, General.$49,741Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$48,153Fine and Studio Arts.$36,059
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 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
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Texas Lutheran 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
$466,338
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,551
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
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
“Texas Lutheran University graduates earn $X” — not “Texas Lutheran University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Texas Lutheran 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.