-59%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Wheeling University fell 59% between 2021 and 2024 (56.5% → 23.3%).
West Virginia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Wheeling University
Wheeling, West Virginia. 567 undergraduate students. 38 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Wheeling 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.
-38%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Wheeling University fell 38% between 2021 and 2024 (86.7% → 53.7%).
-24pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 23 pp at Wheeling University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (32.0% vs 55.5%).
-12%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Wheeling University fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (18.5% → 16.3%).
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.
$57,949+20% · 6→10y
West Virginia median $37,714$48,482
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry32.0%-53% · '97→'24
West Virginia median 61.2%$15,375+245% · '97→'20
At program completion567-55% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS65.5%-24% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time75.2%-28% · '01→'24
latest cohort$29,475+82% · '00→'24
out-of-state $29,475SECTION 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
3.5%Median federal debt $15,375 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $57,949 (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.
-53%
Wheeling University · completion · 150% fell
50.0% → 23.3%
-61%
Wheeling University · completion · 100% fell
42.1% → 16.3%
-24%
Wheeling University · retention fell
71.0% → 53.7%
-55%
Wheeling University · undergrad enrollment fell
1,313 → 589
+82%
Wheeling University · in-state tuition rose
$16,405 → $29,875
+82%
Wheeling University · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,405 → $29,875
+245%
Wheeling University · median debt rose
$7,285 → $25,125
-100%
Wheeling University · cohort default rate fell
6.6% → 0.0%
+21%
Wheeling University · pell share rose
26.2% → 31.6%
+28%
Wheeling University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$45,200 → $57,949
+31%
Wheeling University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$41,200 → $54,144
+31%
Wheeling University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,900 → $48,482
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.$115,236Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,402Educational Administration and Supervision.$67,448Business Administration, Management and Operations.$56,888Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$53,869Psychology, General.$39,631
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
6 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
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Wheeling 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%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,226,818
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $19,257
- HS-only baseline · WV
- $32,100
- Years to complete
- 6
- 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
“Wheeling University graduates earn $X” — not “Wheeling University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Wheeling 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.