-6pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 6 pp at Bethune-Cookman University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (27.8% vs 33.4%).
Florida · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Bethune-Cookman University
Daytona Beach, Florida. 2,414 undergraduate students. 42 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Bethune-Cookman 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 Bethune-Cookman University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (11.0% → 0.0%).
-10%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Bethune-Cookman University fell 10% between 2017 and 2020 ($34.5k → $31.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Florida
Each tile compares this institution to the Florida median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$38,518+36% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$28,282
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry27.8%-20% · '97→'24
Florida median 65.6%$22,500+368% · '97→'20
At program completion2,414+17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS56.1%-14% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time99.9%+20% · '01→'24
latest cohort$14,794+65% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,794SECTION 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
7.8%Median federal debt $22,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,518 (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.
-26%
Bethune-Cookman University · completion · 100% fell
21.6% → 16.1%
-14%
Bethune-Cookman University · retention fell
72.0% → 61.8%
+65%
Bethune-Cookman University · in-state tuition rose
$8,988 → $14,794
+65%
Bethune-Cookman University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,988 → $14,794
+368%
Bethune-Cookman University · median debt rose
$6,625 → $31,000
-100%
Bethune-Cookman University · cohort default rate fell
22.5% → 0.0%
+20%
Bethune-Cookman University · pell share rose
65.2% → 78.3%
+25%
Bethune-Cookman University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,700 → $38,518
+21%
Bethune-Cookman University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,100 → $33,935
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$77,509Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$53,322Criminal Justice and Corrections.$50,526Accounting and Related Services.$48,888Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$47,439Human Resources Management and Services.$46,936Information Science/Studies.$43,805Political Science and Government.$38,277Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$38,111Biology, General.$37,420Sociology.$36,913Business Administration, Management and Operations.$36,323Gerontology.$35,236Criminal Justice and Corrections.$35,128Psychology, General.$34,592Hospitality Administration/Management.$32,629Communication and Media Studies.$27,387Music.$22,262
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
18 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
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Bethune-Cookman 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
-$52,677
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $16,399
- HS-only baseline · FL
- $35,400
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 43
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 Florida
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Bethune-Cookman University graduates earn $X” — not “Bethune-Cookman University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Bethune-Cookman 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.