CIP 5131 · Bachelor's Degree · Purdue University Global

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services at Purdue University Global

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Purdue University Global. 249 completers in the most recent 4-year window (220 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $41,644.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$41,644
Indiana CIP-4 median $55,003
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$38,225
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$27,125
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
249
220 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Purdue University Global

8.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $27,125 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $41,644.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

6.6%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Indiana CIP 5131 peer-median earnings $55,003.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$27,125
$36,500$27,12520142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019249
249020142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-26%

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services at Purdue University Global · debt_median fell

36,500 → 27,125

ANNUAL COMPLETERS · 20142019+25%

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services at Purdue University Global · annual completers rose

0 → 249

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
$57,114
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 26
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 26year 0year 39
Cost per year
$12,267
HS-only baseline · IN
$36,400
Years to complete
4
CIP family
51

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5131

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services across Indiana institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Indiana Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

PurduePEER$55,00334 gradsBall State UniversityPEER$54,78217 grads
Purdue University GlobalTHIS PROGRAM$41,644249 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →