+114%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Heritage Christian University rose 114% between 2007 and 2010 ($7.8k → $16.7k).
Alabama · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Heritage Christian University
Florence, Alabama. 63 undergraduate students. 4 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Heritage Christian 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%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Heritage Christian University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (100.0% → 0.0%).
+3%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Heritage Christian University are 3% above 8-year earnings ($41.4k → $42.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Alabama
Each tile compares this institution to the Alabama median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,597+3% · 8→10y
Alabama median $39,017—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry50.0%+67% · '97→'24
Alabama median 43.4%—+139% · '97→'10
At program completion63-43% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS66.7%-100% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time100.0%-10% · '14→'24
latest cohort$11,982+140% · '00→'24
out-of-state $11,982SECTION 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 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.
+67%
Heritage Christian University · completion · 150% rose
40.0% → 66.7%
+67%
Heritage Christian University · completion · 100% rose
20.0% → 33.3%
-100%
Heritage Christian University · retention fell
50.0% → 0.0%
-28%
Heritage Christian University · undergrad enrollment fell
131 → 75
+140%
Heritage Christian University · in-state tuition rose
$4,992 → $11,982
+140%
Heritage Christian University · out-of-state tuition rose
$4,992 → $11,982
+139%
Heritage Christian University · median debt rose
$7,000 → $16,712
-100%
Heritage Christian University · cohort default rate fell
26.0% → 0.0%
+75%
Heritage Christian University · pell share rose
20.4% → 35.7%
+36%
Heritage Christian University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$31,300 → $42,597
+42%
Heritage Christian University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,100 → $41,353
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Alabama
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Heritage Christian University graduates earn $X” — not “Heritage Christian University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Heritage Christian 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.