-10%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Louisiana State University-Alexandria are 10% below the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($42.2k vs $47.0k).
Louisiana · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Louisiana State University-Alexandria
Alexandria, Louisiana. 4,414 undergraduate students. 28 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Louisiana State University-Alexandria
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 Louisiana State University-Alexandria fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.3% → 0.0%).
+77%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Louisiana State University-Alexandria rose 77% between 2021 and 2024 (3.2k → 5.6k).
+29%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Louisiana State University-Alexandria rose 29% between 2021 and 2024 (26.5% → 34.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Louisiana
Each tile compares this institution to the Louisiana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,205+13% · 6→10y
Louisiana median $33,099$37,284
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry35.5%+782% · '97→'24
Louisiana median 52.0%$10,500+624% · '97→'20
At program completion4,414+137% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.8%+39% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time92.6%+0% · '07→'24
latest cohort$7,050+405% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,650SECTION 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
3.3%Median federal debt $10,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,205 (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.
+607%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · completion · 150% rose
3.9% → 34.2%
+1352%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · completion · 100% rose
1.7% → 23.9%
+39%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · retention rose
50.0% → 69.5%
+137%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · undergrad enrollment rose
2,380 → 5,632
+405%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · in-state tuition rose
$1,397 → $7,050
+280%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,856 → $14,650
+624%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · median debt rose
$2,625 → $19,000
-100%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · cohort default rate fell
17.1% → 0.0%
+28%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · earnings_median_10yr rose
$33,000 → $42,205
+35%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,000 → $39,039
+49%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria · earnings_median_6yr rose
$25,000 → $37,284
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.$59,427Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$50,605Criminal Justice and Corrections.$44,835Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$43,015Business Administration, Management and Operations.$40,966
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
5 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Louisiana State University-Alexandria
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
$562,027
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,509
- HS-only baseline · LA
- $32,800
- Years to complete
- 2
- 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 Louisiana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Louisiana State University-Alexandria graduates earn $X” — not “Louisiana State University-Alexandria makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Louisiana State University-Alexandria 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.