-23%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Ottawa University-Ottawa fell 23% between 2021 and 2024 (25.7% → 19.7%).
Kansas · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Ottawa University-Ottawa
Ottawa, Kansas. 935 undergraduate students. 51 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Ottawa University-Ottawa
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 Ottawa University-Ottawa fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.9% → 0.0%).
-17%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Ottawa University-Ottawa fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (33.6% → 27.9%).
-10pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 10 pp at Ottawa University-Ottawa vs the 2018–2022 baseline (28.7% vs 38.8%).
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.
$55,552+13% · 6→10y
Kansas median $45,407$49,139
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry28.7%-14% · '97→'24
Kansas median 46.4%$12,500+274% · '97→'20
At program completion935+35% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS57.6%+4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time80.0%-12% · '01→'24
latest cohort$35,300+204% · '01→'24
out-of-state $35,300SECTION 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
3.0%Median federal debt $12,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $55,552 (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.
+25%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · completion · 100% rose
15.8% → 19.7%
+35%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · undergrad enrollment rose
644 → 870
+204%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · in-state tuition rose
$11,800 → $35,880
+204%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · out-of-state tuition rose
$11,800 → $35,880
+274%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · median debt rose
$5,750 → $21,500
-100%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · cohort default rate fell
10.4% → 0.0%
+26%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · earnings_median_10yr rose
$44,100 → $55,552
+28%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · earnings_median_8yr rose
$41,500 → $53,089
+22%
Ottawa University-Ottawa · earnings_median_6yr rose
$40,200 → $49,139
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
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Ottawa University-Ottawa
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
$80,152
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 26
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $28,099
- HS-only baseline · KS
- $36,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 31
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
“Ottawa University-Ottawa graduates earn $X” — not “Ottawa University-Ottawa makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Ottawa University-Ottawa 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.