-36%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Bethel College-North Newton fell 35% between 2021 and 2024 (33.3% → 21.5%).
Kansas · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Bethel College-North Newton
North Newton, Kansas. 499 undergraduate students. 25 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Bethel College-North Newton
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.
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Bethel College-North Newton rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($31.2k → $35.0k).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Bethel College-North Newton rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($31.2k → $35.0k).
-12%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Bethel College-North Newton fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (46.5% → 41.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Kansas
Each tile compares this institution to the Kansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$49,898+22% · 6→10y
Kansas median $45,407$40,808
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.1%-22% · '97→'24
Kansas median 46.4%$12,000+170% · '97→'20
At program completion499-18% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.4%-25% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time95.7%+25% · '01→'24
latest cohort$34,002+197% · '00→'24
out-of-state $34,002SECTION 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
3.2%Median federal debt $12,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,898 (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.
-22%
Bethel College-North Newton · completion · 150% fell
52.5% → 41.1%
-46%
Bethel College-North Newton · completion · 100% fell
39.8% → 21.5%
-25%
Bethel College-North Newton · retention fell
82.0% → 61.9%
+197%
Bethel College-North Newton · in-state tuition rose
$11,800 → $35,014
+197%
Bethel College-North Newton · out-of-state tuition rose
$11,800 → $35,014
+170%
Bethel College-North Newton · median debt rose
$8,875 → $24,000
-100%
Bethel College-North Newton · cohort default rate fell
9.4% → 0.0%
+31%
Bethel College-North Newton · pell share rose
31.1% → 40.6%
+40%
Bethel College-North Newton · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,800 → $50,250
+32%
Bethel College-North Newton · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,900 → $40,808
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Bethel College-North Newton
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
$332,094
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,747
- HS-only baseline · KS
- $36,100
- 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.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Kansas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Bethel College-North Newton graduates earn $X” — not “Bethel College-North Newton makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Bethel College-North Newton 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.