+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Fort Hays State University rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($15.9k → $17.7k).
Kansas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Fort Hays State University
Hays, Kansas. 9,792 undergraduate students. 78 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Fort Hays State 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 Fort Hays State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8% → 0.0%).
-12%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Fort Hays State University fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (11.0k → 9.7k).
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.
$48,928+10% · 6→10y
Kansas median $45,407$44,428
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.9%+15% · '97→'24
Kansas median 46.4%$14,250+300% · '97→'20
At program completion9,792+134% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS76.8%+7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time91.8%-10% · '01→'24
latest cohort$5,633+171% · '00→'24
out-of-state $16,811SECTION 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
3.9%Median federal debt $14,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,928 (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.
+42%
Fort Hays State University · completion · 100% rose
21.1% → 29.9%
+134%
Fort Hays State University · undergrad enrollment rose
4,165 → 9,733
+171%
Fort Hays State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,182 → $5,923
+157%
Fort Hays State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,904 → $17,741
+300%
Fort Hays State University · median debt rose
$5,250 → $21,000
-100%
Fort Hays State University · cohort default rate fell
7.3% → 0.0%
+23%
Fort Hays State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,900 → $48,928
+30%
Fort Hays State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,100 → $46,876
+34%
Fort Hays State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,100 → $44,428
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$115,388Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$84,609Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$82,849Business Administration, Management and Operations.$80,084Educational Administration and Supervision.$77,920Information Science/Studies.$71,322Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$68,651Educational/Instructional Media Design.$64,758Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,192Marketing.$60,743Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.$60,561Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,450Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$57,241Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$56,666Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$55,914Education, General.$55,566Special Education and Teaching.$55,408Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$55,175Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$54,276Accounting and Related Services.$54,152Biology, General.$53,646Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$53,261Finance and Financial Management Services.$52,869Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$51,328
Showing top 24 of 35 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
35 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
Education, General.$55,566Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$46,374Special Education and Teaching.$55,408Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$53,261Educational Administration and Supervision.$77,920Educational/Instructional Media Design.$64,758Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$56,666Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$54,276
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$84,609Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$47,433Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,450Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$115,388Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$55,914Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$55,175
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Fort Hays State 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
$492,895
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,389
- HS-only baseline · KS
- $36,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
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
“Fort Hays State University graduates earn $X” — not “Fort Hays State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Fort Hays State 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.