+16%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Rush University rose 16% between 2017 and 2020 ($19.0k → $22.0k).
Illinois · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Rush University
Chicago, Illinois. 120 undergraduate students. 33 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Rush 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.
+17%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Rush University rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 (118 → 138).
-13%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Rush University are 13% below 6-year earnings ($86.9k → $75.2k).
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.
$75,194-13% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810$86,865
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—
Illinois median 53.3%$19,273+86% · '97→'20
At program completion120-52% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 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
3.4%Median federal debt $19,273 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $75,194 (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.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-52%
Rush University · undergrad enrollment fell
287 → 138
+86%
Rush University · median debt rose
$11,794 → $21,988
-70%
Rush University · cohort default rate fell
1.4% → 0.0%
+113%
Rush University · pell share rose
17.2% → 36.7%
+21%
Rush University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$68,600 → $82,684
+36%
Rush University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$64,100 → $86,865
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.
Medicine.$151,344Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$132,598Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$130,931Health and Medical Administrative Services.$128,712Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$91,753Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$90,310Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$78,080Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$72,089Nutrition Sciences.$65,053
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$90,310Medicine.$151,344Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$130,931Health and Medical Administrative Services.$128,712Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$72,089Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$91,753Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$132,598Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$78,080
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Rush 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%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · First Professional Degree at Rush University(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 Illinois
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Rush University graduates earn $X” — not “Rush University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Rush 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.