+84%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Spoon River College rose 84% between 2007 and 2010 ($2.6k → $4.8k).
Illinois · Public · Predominantly certificates
Spoon River College
Canton, Illinois. 735 undergraduate students. 29 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Spoon River College
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 Spoon River College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (7.5% → 0.0%).
+17%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Spoon River College rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.2k → $6.1k).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Spoon River College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($11.9k → $13.5k).
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.
$38,386+12% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810$34,424
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.1%+4% · '97→'09
Illinois median 53.3%$6,750+176% · '97→'10
At program completion735-56% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.6%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,580+246% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,540SECTION 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
2.3%Median federal debt $6,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $38,386 (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.
-56%
Spoon River College · undergrad enrollment fell
1,774 → 774
+246%
Spoon River College · in-state tuition rose
$1,760 → $6,090
+49%
Spoon River College · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,031 → $13,500
+176%
Spoon River College · median debt rose
$1,750 → $4,827
-100%
Spoon River College · cohort default rate fell
29.6% → 0.0%
+22%
Spoon River College · pell share rose
22.3% → 27.3%
+32%
Spoon River College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$29,000 → $38,386
+32%
Spoon River College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,200 → $37,272
+52%
Spoon River College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,600 → $34,424
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Spoon River College
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 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree at Spoon River College(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
“Spoon River College graduates earn $X” — not “Spoon River College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Spoon River College 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.