-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Virginia's College at Wise fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.8% → 0.0%).
Virginia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Virginia's College at Wise
Wise, Virginia. 1,214 undergraduate students. 30 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Virginia's College at Wise
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.
+21%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at University of Virginia's College at Wise rose 21% between 2021 and 2024 (39.0% → 47.1%).
+19%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of Virginia's College at Wise rose 19% between 2021 and 2024 (60.0% → 71.6%).
-14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at University of Virginia's College at Wise fell 14% between 2017 and 2020 ($19.4k → $16.8k).
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.
$45,325+14% · 6→10y
Virginia median $44,813$39,725
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry49.8%+49% · '97→'24
Virginia median 50.7%$10,695+325% · '97→'20
At program completion1,214-18% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS73.2%-7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time93.9%-63% · '01→'24
latest cohort$11,656+254% · '00→'24
out-of-state $32,540SECTION 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
3.1%Median federal debt $10,695 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,325 (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.
+49%
University of Virginia's College at Wise · completion · 150% rose
31.6% → 47.1%
+101%
University of Virginia's College at Wise · completion · 100% rose
16.0% → 32.0%
+254%
University of Virginia's College at Wise · in-state tuition rose
$3,330 → $11,780
+185%
University of Virginia's College at Wise · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,824 → $28,010
+325%
University of Virginia's College at Wise · median debt rose
$3,937 → $16,750
-100%
University of Virginia's College at Wise · cohort default rate fell
11.3% → 0.0%
+23%
University of Virginia's College at Wise · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,000 → $45,325
+32%
University of Virginia's College at Wise · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,200 → $39,725
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.$68,792Business Administration, Management and Operations.$55,270Criminal Justice and Corrections.$52,910Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$44,618History.$44,129Education, General.$42,566Psychology, General.$39,117Accounting and Related Services.$38,025
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
8 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
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Virginia's College at Wise
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
$511,660
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,159
- HS-only baseline · VA
- $39,800
- 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 Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Virginia's College at Wise graduates earn $X” — not “University of Virginia's College at Wise makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Virginia's College at Wise 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.