-26%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Post University fell 26% between 2021 and 2024 (45.3% → 33.4%).
Connecticut · Private for-profit · Predominantly bachelor's
Post University
Waterbury, Connecticut. 18,975 undergraduate students. 57 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Post 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%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Post University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.2% → 0.0%).
+52%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Post University rose 52% between 2021 and 2024 (14.7% → 22.3%).
+22%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Post University rose 22% between 2021 and 2024 (20.4% → 24.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Connecticut
Each tile compares this institution to the Connecticut median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$38,696+23% · 6→10y
Connecticut median $57,515$31,401
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry35.3%-32% · '98→'24
Connecticut median 70.2%$8,750+403% · '97→'20
At program completion18,975+939% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS32.4%-44% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+24% · '01→'19
latest cohort$17,100+18% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,100SECTION 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
3.0%Median federal debt $8,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,696 (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.
-32%
Post University · completion · 150% fell
36.4% → 24.9%
-28%
Post University · completion · 100% fell
30.8% → 22.3%
-44%
Post University · retention fell
60.0% → 33.4%
+939%
Post University · undergrad enrollment rose
1,309 → 13,603
+403%
Post University · median debt rose
$6,000 → $30,157
-100%
Post University · cohort default rate fell
18.5% → 0.0%
+1341%
Post University · pell share rose
5.4% → 78.4%
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.
Business/Commerce, General.$101,458Accounting and Related Services.$72,984Business Administration, Management and Operations.$68,955Accounting and Related Services.$68,263Education, General.$67,221Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,752Human Resources Management and Services.$61,285Human Services, General.$58,996Criminal Justice and Corrections.$54,147Marketing.$51,531Human Services, General.$50,579Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$50,023Psychology, General.$49,661Accounting and Related Services.$48,971Legal Support Services.$48,790Criminal Justice and Corrections.$47,819Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate).$46,958Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$40,344Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate).$39,759Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$31,312
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 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
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$68,955Business/Commerce, General.$101,458Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,752Accounting and Related Services.$72,984Accounting and Related Services.$48,971Marketing.$51,531Accounting and Related Services.$68,263Human Resources Management and Services.$61,285
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Post 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
$486,208
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,231
- HS-only baseline · CT
- $42,300
- 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 Connecticut
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Post University graduates earn $X” — not “Post University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Post 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.