CIP 2201 · First Professional Degree · Southern University and A & M College

Law at Southern University and A & M College

Federal outcomes for first professional degree graduates of Southern University and A & M College. 151 completers in the most recent 4-year window. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $74,244.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$74,244
Louisiana CIP-4 median $107,934
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$62,937
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$118,010
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
151
IPEDS award counts
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Southern University and A & M College

21.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $118,010 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $74,244.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

14.6%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Louisiana CIP 2201 peer-median earnings $107,934.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$118,010
$118,010$95,20720142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018+24%

Law at Southern University and A & M College · debt_median rose

95,207 → 118,010

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
graduationbreakeven · year 14year 0year 39
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.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 2201

Law across Louisiana institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Louisiana Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

TulanePEER$107,934201 gradsLSUPEER$80,219189 grads
Southern University and A & M CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$74,244151 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →