-12%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Morehead State University fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (5.2k → 4.6k).
Kentucky · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Morehead State University
Morehead, Kentucky. 4,689 undergraduate students. 93 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Morehead 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 Morehead State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.4% → 0.0%).
+33%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Morehead State University rose 33% between 2021 and 2024 (30.0% → 39.8%).
+17%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Morehead State University rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 (44.8% → 52.2%).
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.
$43,197+16% · 6→10y
Kentucky median $37,114$37,131
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.7%+50% · '97→'24
Kentucky median 49.7%$14,705+536% · '97→'20
At program completion4,689-31% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS69.5%-4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time82.1%+4% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,838+299% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,706SECTION 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
4.5%Median federal debt $14,705 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $43,197 (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.
+50%
Morehead State University · completion · 150% rose
34.9% → 52.2%
+204%
Morehead State University · completion · 100% rose
13.1% → 39.8%
-31%
Morehead State University · undergrad enrollment fell
6,615 → 4,578
+299%
Morehead State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,510 → $10,024
+125%
Morehead State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,670 → $14,980
+536%
Morehead State University · median debt rose
$3,500 → $22,250
-100%
Morehead State University · cohort default rate fell
12.4% → 0.0%
-31%
Morehead State University · pell share fell
43.1% → 29.5%
+26%
Morehead State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$34,400 → $43,197
+28%
Morehead State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$31,700 → $40,571
+35%
Morehead State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,600 → $37,131
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.
Business/Commerce, General.$78,650Computer and Information Sciences, General.$76,360Engineering Technology, General.$75,498Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$73,339Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$71,986Curriculum and Instruction.$68,655Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$67,669Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$66,333Biology, General.$63,399Business Administration, Management and Operations.$56,811Engineering-Related Fields.$56,225Accounting and Related Services.$55,484Marketing.$53,788Finance and Financial Management Services.$53,768Business/Commerce, General.$52,725Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$51,730Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$50,745Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$48,167Education, General.$47,770Mathematics.$45,601Agriculture, General.$44,037Political Science and Government.$43,025Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.$41,264Social Work.$40,435
Showing top 24 of 37 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
37 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$37,421Special Education and Teaching.$40,027Education, General.$47,770Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$51,730Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$48,167Curriculum and Instruction.$68,655
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
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.$73,339Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$67,669Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$71,986Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$66,333
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Morehead 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
$86,154
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 22
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,920
- HS-only baseline · KY
- $33,900
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 24
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
“Morehead State University graduates earn $X” — not “Morehead State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Morehead 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.