-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Lindsey Wilson College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2% → 0.0%).
Kentucky · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, Kentucky. 1,649 undergraduate students. 39 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Lindsey Wilson 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.
+15%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Lindsey Wilson College rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 (54.9% → 63.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Kentucky
Each tile compares this institution to the Kentucky median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,129+18% · 6→10y
Kentucky median $37,114$34,861
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry38.1%+95% · '97→'24
Kentucky median 49.7%$11,514+422% · '97→'20
At program completion1,649+29% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS62.7%+34% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$27,274+185% · '00→'24
out-of-state $27,274SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $11,514 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,129 (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.
+95%
Lindsey Wilson College · completion · 150% rose
22.6% → 44.1%
+34%
Lindsey Wilson College · retention rose
47.0% → 63.0%
+29%
Lindsey Wilson College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,233 → 1,585
+185%
Lindsey Wilson College · in-state tuition rose
$9,768 → $27,808
+185%
Lindsey Wilson College · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,768 → $27,808
+422%
Lindsey Wilson College · median debt rose
$3,217 → $16,784
-100%
Lindsey Wilson College · cohort default rate fell
14.3% → 0.0%
+43%
Lindsey Wilson College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$28,700 → $41,129
+55%
Lindsey Wilson College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$25,400 → $39,265
+42%
Lindsey Wilson College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,600 → $34,861
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.$60,941Business Administration, Management and Operations.$48,734Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$47,549Research and Experimental Psychology.$44,721Criminal Justice and Corrections.$39,990Communication and Media Studies.$37,978Human Services, General.$36,474
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
7 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Lindsey Wilson 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%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$106,011
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 21
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,466
- HS-only baseline · KY
- $33,900
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 42
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 Kentucky
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Lindsey Wilson College graduates earn $X” — not “Lindsey Wilson College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Lindsey Wilson 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.