+101%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Selma University rose 101% between 2015 and 2018 (17.0% → 34.2%).
Alabama · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Selma University
Selma, Alabama. 34 undergraduate students. 8 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Selma 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%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Selma University fell 100% between 2023 and 2024 (4.4% → 0.0%).
-75%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Selma University fell 75% between 2023 and 2024 (24.0% → 6.0%).
+37%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Selma University rose 37% between 2015 and 2018 ($25.1k → $34.3k).
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.
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Alabama median $39,017—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry24.0%-89% · '08→'24
Alabama median 43.4%—+1860% · '09→'18
At program completion34-52% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-33% · '09→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,800+28% · '08→'24
out-of-state $4,800SECTION 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.
-89%
Selma University · completion · 150% fell
54.0% → 6.0%
-100%
Selma University · completion · 100% fell
40.4% → 0.0%
-33%
Selma University · retention fell
100.0% → 66.7%
+1860%
Selma University · median debt rose
$1,750 → $34,300
+1710%
Selma University · cohort default rate rose
0.0% → 34.2%
-100%
Selma University · pell share fell
21.0% → 0.0%
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
“Selma University graduates earn $X” — not “Selma University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Selma 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.