-18%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Randolph College fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (48.9% → 40.4%).
Virginia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Randolph College
Lynchburg, Virginia. 520 undergraduate students. 36 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Randolph College
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.
-17%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Randolph College fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (56.0% → 46.4%).
+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Randolph College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($26.9k → $30.3k).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Randolph College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($26.9k → $30.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Virginia
Each tile compares this institution to the Virginia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$53,409+37% · 6→10y
Virginia median $44,813$39,122
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry51.5%-26% · '97→'24
Virginia median 50.7%$17,455+132% · '97→'20
At program completion520+1% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS68.0%-4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time94.9%+8% · '01→'24
latest cohort$29,010+71% · '00→'24
out-of-state $29,010SECTION 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
4.4%Median federal debt $17,455 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $53,409 (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%
Randolph College · completion · 150% fell
62.7% → 46.4%
-34%
Randolph College · completion · 100% fell
60.9% → 40.4%
+71%
Randolph College · in-state tuition rose
$17,680 → $30,310
+71%
Randolph College · out-of-state tuition rose
$17,680 → $30,310
+132%
Randolph College · median debt rose
$11,624 → $26,950
-100%
Randolph College · cohort default rate fell
4.8% → 0.0%
+325%
Randolph College · pell share rose
10.8% → 45.8%
+35%
Randolph College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,500 → $53,409
+21%
Randolph College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,400 → $39,122
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Randolph College
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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Biology, General · Bachelor's Degree at Randolph College(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
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 Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Randolph College graduates earn $X” — not “Randolph College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Randolph College 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.