+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at MCPHS University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.8k → $40.5k).
Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
MCPHS University
Boston, Massachusetts. 3,474 undergraduate students. 48 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at MCPHS 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 MCPHS University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.9% → 0.0%).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at MCPHS University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.8k → $40.5k).
-6pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 6 pp at MCPHS University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (63.3% vs 69.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Massachusetts
Each tile compares this institution to the Massachusetts median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$125,557+63% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022$77,171
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry63.3%-36% · '02→'24
Massachusetts median 66.5%$25,000+41% · '97→'20
At program completion3,474+157% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.6%-12% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time85.2%+27% · '01→'24
latest cohort$38,850+136% · '01→'24
out-of-state $38,850SECTION 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
2.7%Median federal debt $25,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $125,557 (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.
-36%
MCPHS University · completion · 150% fell
96.7% → 62.0%
+60%
MCPHS University · completion · 100% rose
33.3% → 53.3%
-12%
MCPHS University · retention fell
89.0% → 78.1%
+157%
MCPHS University · undergrad enrollment rose
1,344 → 3,451
+136%
MCPHS University · in-state tuition rose
$17,184 → $40,530
+136%
MCPHS University · out-of-state tuition rose
$17,184 → $40,530
+41%
MCPHS University · median debt rose
$17,750 → $25,000
-50%
MCPHS University · cohort default rate fell
1.0% → 0.0%
-50%
MCPHS University · pell share fell
50.9% → 25.3%
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.
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$144,001Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$141,327Health and Medical Administrative Services.$134,399Optometry.$127,012Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$126,342Public Health.$118,686Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$89,690Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$87,779Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$82,682Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$82,099Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.$71,500Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$69,988Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$65,692Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$60,384
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
14 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$144,001Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$87,779Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$69,988Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$141,327Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$89,690Health and Medical Administrative Services.$134,399Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$82,099Public Health.$118,686Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$65,692Optometry.$127,012Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$126,342Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$82,682Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$60,384
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at MCPHS 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
$1,285,672
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $36,538
- HS-only baseline · MA
- $42,600
- Years to complete
- 7
- 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 Massachusetts
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“MCPHS University graduates earn $X” — not “MCPHS University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending MCPHS 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.