-58%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Strayer University-District of Columbia fell 58% between 2021 and 2024 (368 → 156).
District of Columbia · Private for-profit · Predominantly bachelor's
Strayer University-District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia. 309 undergraduate students. 34 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Strayer University-District of Columbia
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 Strayer University-District of Columbia fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2% → 0.0%).
-42%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 42% at Strayer University-District of Columbia vs the 2018–2022 baseline (309 vs 532).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. District of Columbia
Each tile compares this institution to the District of Columbia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$40,092+10% · 6→10y
District of Columbia median $49,020$36,582
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—-100% · '97→'24
District of Columbia median 55.8%$14,000+1447% · '97→'20
At program completion309-88% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—+39% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$13,920+64% · '00→'24
out-of-state $13,920SECTION 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
4.7%Median federal debt $14,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,092 (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.
-100%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · completion · 150% fell
23.5% → 0.0%
-100%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · completion · 100% fell
4.3% → 0.0%
+39%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · retention rose
72.0% → 100.0%
-88%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · undergrad enrollment fell
1,258 → 156
+64%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · in-state tuition rose
$8,505 → $13,920
+64%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,505 → $13,920
+1447%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · median debt rose
$2,625 → $40,621
-100%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · cohort default rate fell
13.8% → 0.0%
+27%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · pell share rose
58.1% → 73.9%
-23%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · earnings_median_10yr fell
$52,000 → $40,092
-26%
Strayer University-District of Columbia · earnings_median_8yr fell
$49,800 → $37,064
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.
Information Science/Studies.$94,667Information Science/Studies.$87,437Computer and Information Sciences, General.$83,581Business Administration, Management and Operations.$74,617Business Administration, Management and Operations.$72,657Accounting and Related Services.$69,196Business/Commerce, General.$64,524Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,174Human Resources Management and Services.$62,460Public Administration.$60,858Accounting and Related Services.$59,529Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$58,656Business/Commerce, General.$55,839Health and Medical Administrative Services.$55,397Criminal Justice and Corrections.$54,929Educational Administration and Supervision.$51,489Business Administration, Management and Operations.$47,793Criminal Justice and Corrections.$44,900Accounting and Related Services.$44,860
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
19 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business/Commerce, General.$64,524Business Administration, Management and Operations.$72,657Business/Commerce, General.$55,839Accounting and Related Services.$59,529Accounting and Related Services.$69,196Human Resources Management and Services.$62,460Accounting and Related Services.$44,860Business Administration, Management and Operations.$47,793Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,174Business Administration, Management and Operations.$74,617
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Strayer University-District of Columbia
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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree at Strayer University-District of Columbia(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
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 District of Columbia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Strayer University-District of Columbia graduates earn $X” — not “Strayer University-District of Columbia makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Strayer University-District of Columbia 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.