+20%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Catholic Distance University rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.4k → $10.1k).
West Virginia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Catholic Distance University
Charles Town, West Virginia. 95 undergraduate students. 5 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Catholic Distance 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Catholic Distance University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.0% → 0.0%).
+20%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Catholic Distance University rose 20% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.4k → $10.1k).
+51%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Catholic Distance University rose 51% between 2021 and 2024 (77 → 116).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. West Virginia
Each tile compares this institution to the West Virginia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
—
West Virginia median $37,714—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—
West Virginia median 61.2%—
At program completion95+33% · '14→'24
latest IPEDS—
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$9,600-1% · '16→'24
out-of-state $9,600SECTION 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.
+768%
Catholic Distance University · pell share rose
0.0% → 38.4%
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Catholic Distance 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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Theological and Ministerial Studies · Master's Degree at Catholic Distance University(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 West Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Catholic Distance University graduates earn $X” — not “Catholic Distance University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Catholic Distance 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.