-8%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Southern University and A & M College are 8% below the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($43.4k vs $47.0k).
Louisiana · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 5,323 undergraduate students. 66 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Southern University and A & M 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Southern University and A & M College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (6.2% → 0.0%).
-15%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Southern University and A & M College fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (31.9% → 27.1%).
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.
$43,371+31% · 6→10y
Louisiana median $33,099$33,033
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry28.4%+25% · '97→'24
Louisiana median 52.0%$15,455+1014% · '97→'20
At program completion5,323-36% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.4%-16% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time49.9%-20% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,940+334% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,198SECTION 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
4.7%Median federal debt $15,455 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $43,371 (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%
Southern University and A & M College · completion · 150% rose
21.7% → 27.1%
+219%
Southern University and A & M College · completion · 100% rose
3.1% → 10.0%
-16%
Southern University and A & M College · retention fell
72.0% → 60.3%
-36%
Southern University and A & M College · undergrad enrollment fell
8,673 → 5,519
+334%
Southern University and A & M College · in-state tuition rose
$2,286 → $9,922
+114%
Southern University and A & M College · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,078 → $17,272
+1014%
Southern University and A & M College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $29,251
-100%
Southern University and A & M College · cohort default rate fell
12.0% → 0.0%
+514%
Southern University and A & M College · pell share rose
11.1% → 68.1%
+30%
Southern University and A & M College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$33,300 → $43,371
+32%
Southern University and A & M College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$29,200 → $38,628
+37%
Southern University and A & M College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,200 → $33,033
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.$120,958Mechanical Engineering.$88,564Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$81,687Law.$74,244Business Administration, Management and Operations.$69,272Public Administration.$66,719Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$61,538Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$57,835English Language and Literature, General.$56,037Educational Administration and Supervision.$55,368Accounting and Related Services.$53,349Business Administration, Management and Operations.$51,573Biology, General.$45,773Sociology.$45,709Social Work.$44,421Criminal Justice and Corrections.$44,317Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General.$42,923Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$42,345Criminal Justice and Corrections.$40,654Communication and Media Studies.$39,279Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$38,700Psychology, General.$37,100Marketing.$24,990
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
23 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$81,687Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$42,345Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$120,958Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$57,835Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$61,538
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Southern University and A & M 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
$509,296
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,614
- HS-only baseline · LA
- $32,800
- Years to complete
- 7
- CIP family
- 22
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
“Southern University and A & M College graduates earn $X” — not “Southern University and A & M College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Southern University and A & M 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.