-13%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of Wisconsin-Superior fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (2.1k → 1.8k).
Wisconsin · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Wisconsin-Superior
Superior, Wisconsin. 1,899 undergraduate students. 60 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Wisconsin-Superior
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 University of Wisconsin-Superior fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.7% → 0.0%).
+11%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of Wisconsin-Superior rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (64.7% → 71.8%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Wisconsin
Each tile compares this institution to the Wisconsin median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$49,606+18% · 6→10y
Wisconsin median $46,297$41,868
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry44.1%+61% · '97→'24
Wisconsin median 58.4%$14,055+428% · '97→'20
At program completion1,899-12% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS70.7%+11% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time93.6%-2% · '01→'24
latest cohort$8,487+194% · '00→'24
out-of-state $16,400SECTION 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
3.8%Median federal debt $14,055 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,606 (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.
+61%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · completion · 150% rose
26.0% → 41.9%
+430%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · completion · 100% rose
5.4% → 28.7%
+11%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · retention rose
65.0% → 71.8%
+194%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · in-state tuition rose
$3,001 → $8,812
+59%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · out-of-state tuition rose
$10,529 → $16,726
+428%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · median debt rose
$4,265 → $22,500
-100%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · cohort default rate fell
9.2% → 0.0%
+30%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · earnings_median_10yr rose
$38,200 → $49,606
+36%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · earnings_median_8yr rose
$33,600 → $45,689
+35%
University of Wisconsin-Superior · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,900 → $41,868
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.
Accounting and Related Services.$84,862Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$57,218Business Administration, Management and Operations.$53,947Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.$51,127Social Work.$50,212Communication and Media Studies.$48,972Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$46,724Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$46,591Biology, General.$45,344Sociology.$42,080
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
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Wisconsin-Superior
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
$300,892
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,195
- HS-only baseline · WI
- $37,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- 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 Wisconsin
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Wisconsin-Superior graduates earn $X” — not “University of Wisconsin-Superior makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Wisconsin-Superior 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.