-24%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Davis & Elkins College fell 24% between 2021 and 2024 (38.3% → 29.3%).
West Virginia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins, West Virginia. 681 undergraduate students. 46 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Davis & Elkins 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Davis & Elkins College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.5% → 0.0%).
-13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Davis & Elkins College fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (45.2% → 39.3%).
-8pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 8 pp at Davis & Elkins College vs the 2018–2022 baseline (36.6% vs 44.7%).
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.
$43,411+13% · 6→10y
West Virginia median $37,714$38,495
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry36.6%+38% · '97→'24
West Virginia median 61.2%$17,057+318% · '97→'20
At program completion681-12% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS58.1%-8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time58.2%+14% · '01→'24
latest cohort$31,270+144% · '00→'24
out-of-state $31,270SECTION 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
5.2%Median federal debt $17,057 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $43,411 (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.
+38%
Davis & Elkins College · completion · 150% rose
28.4% → 39.3%
+218%
Davis & Elkins College · completion · 100% rose
9.2% → 29.3%
+144%
Davis & Elkins College · in-state tuition rose
$13,024 → $31,820
+144%
Davis & Elkins College · out-of-state tuition rose
$13,024 → $31,820
+318%
Davis & Elkins College · median debt rose
$6,462 → $27,000
-100%
Davis & Elkins College · cohort default rate fell
12.3% → 0.0%
+32%
Davis & Elkins College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$33,000 → $43,411
+36%
Davis & Elkins College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$28,300 → $38,495
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Davis & Elkins 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%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$782,036
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,783
- HS-only baseline · WV
- $32,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- 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 West Virginia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Davis & Elkins College graduates earn $X” — not “Davis & Elkins College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Davis & Elkins 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.