-23%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Eastern Illinois University fell 23% between 2021 and 2024 (34.5% → 26.5%).
Illinois · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois. 4,398 undergraduate students. 98 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Eastern Illinois 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 Eastern Illinois University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.4% → 0.0%).
-8pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 8 pp at Eastern Illinois University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (45.2% vs 53.5%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Illinois
Each tile compares this institution to the Illinois median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$51,989+22% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810$42,694
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry45.2%-32% · '97→'24
Illinois median 53.3%$15,722+254% · '97→'20
At program completion4,398-59% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS70.0%-8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time67.8%-7% · '01→'24
latest cohort$13,403+234% · '00→'24
out-of-state $15,879SECTION 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
4.0%Median federal debt $15,722 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $51,989 (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%
Eastern Illinois University · completion · 150% fell
69.7% → 47.4%
-31%
Eastern Illinois University · completion · 100% fell
38.6% → 26.5%
-59%
Eastern Illinois University · undergrad enrollment fell
10,106 → 4,188
+234%
Eastern Illinois University · in-state tuition rose
$4,092 → $13,679
+64%
Eastern Illinois University · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,912 → $16,217
+254%
Eastern Illinois University · median debt rose
$6,072 → $21,500
-100%
Eastern Illinois University · cohort default rate fell
4.8% → 0.0%
+25%
Eastern Illinois University · pell share rose
23.5% → 29.4%
+20%
Eastern Illinois University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$43,300 → $51,989
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.
Finance and Financial Management Services.$83,935Business Administration, Management and Operations.$83,141Accounting and Related Services.$79,045Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$78,838Educational Administration and Supervision.$78,769Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$76,860Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$65,847Computer and Information Sciences, General.$63,486Marketing.$63,447Political Science and Government.$61,716Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General.$61,034Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$60,679Fine and Studio Arts.$59,438Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$59,275Biology, General.$58,333Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$57,214Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$56,875Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$55,457Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$54,958Mathematics.$53,926Communication and Media Studies.$53,765Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$53,628Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$53,353Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$51,977
Showing top 24 of 36 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
36 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Eastern Illinois 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
$136,329
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 15
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,371
- HS-only baseline · IL
- $38,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 42
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 Illinois
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Eastern Illinois University graduates earn $X” — not “Eastern Illinois University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Eastern Illinois 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.