+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Shorter College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.6k → $6.2k).
Arkansas · Private nonprofit · Predominantly associate's
Shorter College
N Little Rock, Arkansas. 290 undergraduate students. 7 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Shorter 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 Shorter College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.1% → 0.0%).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Shorter College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.6k → $6.2k).
+17%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Shorter College rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 (245 → 287).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Arkansas
Each tile compares this institution to the Arkansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
—-7% · 6→8y
Arkansas median $34,871$15,710
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry6.7%
Arkansas median 47.1%$22,625+1035% · '97→'20
At program completion290+14% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS26.8%-53% · '13→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$6,246+279% · '12→'24
out-of-state $6,246SECTION 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.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-53%
Shorter College · retention fell
82.7% → 38.7%
+279%
Shorter College · in-state tuition rose
$1,650 → $6,246
+279%
Shorter College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,650 → $6,246
+1035%
Shorter College · median debt rose
$2,600 → $29,500
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.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Arkansas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Shorter College graduates earn $X” — not “Shorter College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Shorter 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.