-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Southern Utah University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.0% → 0.0%).
Utah · Public · Predominantly associate's
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, Utah. 9,533 undergraduate students. 90 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Southern Utah 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.
+13%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Southern Utah University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (29.4% → 33.3%).
+11%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Southern Utah University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (54.7% → 60.7%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Utah
Each tile compares this institution to the Utah median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$50,296+22% · 6→10y
Utah median $35,805$41,147
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry59.0%+106% · '97→'24
Utah median 69.4%$7,751+186% · '97→'20
At program completion9,533+102% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS73.5%+30% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time80.5%-9% · '01→'24
latest cohort$6,770+237% · '00→'24
out-of-state $20,586SECTION 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
2.1%Median federal debt $7,751 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,296 (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.
+106%
Southern Utah University · completion · 150% rose
29.4% → 60.7%
+193%
Southern Utah University · completion · 100% rose
11.4% → 33.3%
+30%
Southern Utah University · retention rose
58.0% → 75.5%
+102%
Southern Utah University · undergrad enrollment rose
4,591 → 9,289
+237%
Southern Utah University · in-state tuition rose
$2,066 → $6,962
+229%
Southern Utah University · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,438 → $21,192
+186%
Southern Utah University · median debt rose
$4,375 → $12,500
-100%
Southern Utah University · cohort default rate fell
5.0% → 0.0%
-24%
Southern Utah University · pell share fell
32.7% → 24.9%
+23%
Southern Utah University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$41,000 → $50,296
+25%
Southern Utah University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,800 → $46,085
+31%
Southern Utah University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$31,400 → $41,147
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.$92,791Business Administration, Management and Operations.$90,167Education, General.$83,779Computer Science.$83,405Engineering Technology, General.$81,628Computer and Information Sciences, General.$79,081Finance and Financial Management Services.$77,808Accounting and Related Services.$74,399Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,566Public Administration.$67,135Biology, General.$58,829Agriculture, General.$57,314Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$52,567Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$52,531Marketing.$52,322Communication and Media Studies.$50,072Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$48,508Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.$48,419Criminal Justice and Corrections.$47,102Design and Applied Arts.$46,163History.$44,768Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.$44,753Hospitality Administration/Management.$44,327Business Administration, Management and Operations.$43,849
Showing top 24 of 30 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
30 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 TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
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
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$90,167Accounting and Related Services.$74,399Accounting and Related Services.$92,791Business Administration, Management and Operations.$43,849Finance and Financial Management Services.$77,808Marketing.$52,322Hospitality Administration/Management.$44,327
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Southern Utah 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
$239,782
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,243
- HS-only baseline · UT
- $38,000
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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 Utah
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Southern Utah University graduates earn $X” — not “Southern Utah University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Southern Utah 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.