-71%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at City University of Seattle fell 71% between 2008 and 2009 (37.5% → 10.7%).
Washington · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
City University of Seattle
Seattle, Washington. 1,091 undergraduate students. 52 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at City University of Seattle
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at City University of Seattle fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.4% → 0.0%).
+13%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at City University of Seattle rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (1.0k → 1.1k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Washington
Each tile compares this institution to the Washington median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$69,460+24% · 6→10y
Washington median $47,350$56,195
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry16.7%-73% · '08→'23
Washington median 46.8%$14,091+403% · '97→'20
At program completion1,091-43% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-100% · '04→'23
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$14,589+83% · '02→'23
out-of-state $14,589SECTION 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
2.7%Median federal debt $14,091 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $69,460 (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.
-73%
City University of Seattle · completion · 150% fell
61.5% → 16.7%
-71%
City University of Seattle · completion · 100% fell
37.5% → 10.7%
-100%
City University of Seattle · retention fell
18.0% → 0.0%
-43%
City University of Seattle · undergrad enrollment fell
1,984 → 1,137
+83%
City University of Seattle · in-state tuition rose
$7,960 → $14,589
+83%
City University of Seattle · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,960 → $14,589
+403%
City University of Seattle · median debt rose
$4,968 → $25,000
-100%
City University of Seattle · cohort default rate fell
6.0% → 0.0%
-52%
City University of Seattle · pell share fell
22.3% → 10.7%
+36%
City University of Seattle · earnings_median_10yr rose
$51,000 → $69,460
+21%
City University of Seattle · earnings_median_8yr rose
$49,400 → $60,016
+21%
City University of Seattle · earnings_median_6yr rose
$46,600 → $56,195
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.
Educational Administration and Supervision.$147,389Educational Administration and Supervision.$118,107Business Administration, Management and Operations.$98,753Business Administration, Management and Operations.$88,228Curriculum and Instruction.$78,998Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$76,265Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$72,873Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$64,042Education, General.$62,337Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$58,042
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 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
Curriculum and Instruction.$78,998Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$72,873Educational Administration and Supervision.$147,389Education, General.$62,337Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$76,265Educational Administration and Supervision.$118,107Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$58,042
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at City University of Seattle
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
$774,990
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 13
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $35,049
- HS-only baseline · WA
- $41,200
- Years to complete
- 6
- 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 Washington
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“City University of Seattle graduates earn $X” — not “City University of Seattle makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending City University of Seattle 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.